The leader of the far-right militia Proud Boys Joe Biggs has been sentenced this Thursday to 17 years in jail on charges of seditious conspiracy within the framework of the attacks on the capitol United States on January 6, 2020.

Biggs, a US Army veteran who was injured while serving in Iraq and later worked for the conspiracy theory website Infowarswas already convicted in May of seditious conspiracy and other charges.

District Judge Timothy Kelly has argued that while did not want to “minimize the violence that occurred” During those days it was necessary to take stock so as not to create great disparities between the sentences of the accused, according to what CNN has collected.

“I’m done with everything. I’m sick and tired of the left versus right fight“Biggs said during the trial, in which he has come to ask for forgiveness, assuring that not a “terrorist”as collected by the NBC News network.

Prosecutors had initially sought a sentence of 33 years in prison. In the trial, which has lasted nearly a month, evidence has been presented that Biggs and other defendants, including Ethan Nordean, Zachary Rehl and Enrique Tarrio, conspired and encouraged violence prior to the assault.

The judge has also sentenced 15 years in prison for Rehl, who came to spray the law enforcement officers with chemicals in the context of the assault. Prosecutors had requested up to 30 years in prison for him, according to the CBS chain.

“I’m sick of politics. I’m sick of selling lies to people who don’t care about me. January 6th was a despicable day“, Rehl has pointed out during the trial. For his part, Tarrio will go to court on Tuesday.

While members of the Proud Boys remained at the forefront of attacks on overstretched Capitol police officers, according to recordings from that day, Nordean, Biggs and Rehl took a back seat, letting others lead the assault, only to join later. .

stewart rhodesthe founder of the Oath Keepers, another of the militias involved in the riots during the assault, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for a crime of seditious conspiracy, the highest sentence imposed for these events.