Proud Boy Sentenced To 4.5 Years In Capitol Riot

NBC News reports:

A former D.C. bartender and Proud Boy who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 55 months in federal prison on Monday.

Joshua Pruitt, 40, pleaded guilty in June to obstruction of an official proceeding after he was caught on video joining a mob pursuing police officers and smashing a sign inside the U.S. Capitol. Two U.S. Capitol Police officers wrote victim impact statements in his case urging Judge Timothy J. Kelly to give Pruitt a severe sentence in the case.

Pruitt said that he apologized for his actions and he was “not happy that Jan. 6 happened at all,” but said he still held onto his beliefs that Donald Trump actually won the election that he lost to President Joe Biden.

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