Proud boy yells 'Trump wins' after being sentenced to 10 years in prison for Capitol attack

Dominic Pezzola was sentenced to 10 years in prison Photo: Shutterstock

Dominic Pezzola, the proud boy who broke the police shield Making his way to the Capitol United States, he yelled «Trump wins!» when a federal judge in Washington on Friday sentenced him to 10 years in prison.

Proud Boy leader Ethan Nordin, 33, was also sentenced to 18 years in prison after being found guilty of sedition and felony charges in May. At the moment, this sentence is the longest sentence in this case.

Pezzola, 46, a former Marine, was found guilty of assaulting police and obstructing official proceedings. But he was acquitted on the charge of sedition.

When sentencing Pezzola, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly called him the «tip of the spear» in the assault.

Pezzola broke the window, enabling others rioters broke into the building during the January 6 uprising.

“The reality is that you broke that window and allowed people to start pouring into the Capitol building and threaten the lives of our legislators,” Judge Kelly Pezzole said.

“This is not something I ever dreamed of seeing in our country,” said the judge.

Rioters, including Dominic Pezzola, clash with police outside the Senate Chamber. Photo: AP

Prosecutors seeking a 20-year prison sentence told the court that Pezzola shouted obscenities and fought with the police before taking the shield from the officer.

Instead of taking actions consistent with his self-proclaimed self-defense motives, «Protection,» Pezzola celebrated, posing with a shield, showing the «Proud Boys» hand gesture, and chanting «USA!» USA!”, triumphantly holding a shield over his head,” prosecutors added.

Breaking into the building, Pezzola later filmed smoking a “victory cigar” inside the Capitol.

>»Pezzola's actions showed beyond a shadow of a doubt that he intended to influence or influence the behavior of the government through intimidation or coercion, or to retaliate against the behavior of the government,» prosecutors said.

«He was enthusiastic.» foot soldier,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Kenerson told the court.

Calling for leniency, Pezzola’s partner, Lisa Magee, told the court that he was an idiot and that their daughters paid the price by being bullied as a result of their father’s actions . Pezzola also expressed remorse, addressing the judge.

“Today I stand before you as a changed and humble man. I have never denied what I did on J6,” he said.

“It was the worst and most regrettable decision of my life, and I am truly sorry.”

But Demonstration The remorse ended after the judge left the court and Pezzola raised his fist and shouted, «Trump wins!» when he was taken out of the yard.

Members of the Proud Boys, including Zachary Rela (left), Ethan Nordin (center), and Josepha Biggs, go to the US Capitol. Photo: AP

Pezzola and Nordin were the latest members of the far-right Proud Boys convicted of participating in a violent attempt to overturn Joe Biden's election victory.

Joseph Biggs, 39, was jailed on Thursday for 17 years. Zachary Rel, 38, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

More than 1,100 people were charged with federal offenses related to the assault. More than 600 of them were convicted, more than half of them were sent to prison.