Prison sentence for 2 people who participated in the assault on the congress building
According to the BBC report, Pezzola, 46, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for assaulting and resisting police. Ethan Nordean, 32, who led the “Proud Boys” group to the Capitol building, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for conspiring against the state.
“I apologize to those I have harmed, directly or indirectly,” Nordean said before the court’s sentence was handed down. In addition, a sentence of 33 years in prison is requested for Enrique Tarrio, another leader of the group, who is expected to appear in court next week.
US military veterans Joe Biggs and Zachary Rehl, who participated in the raid, were sentenced to 17 and 15 years in prison, respectively, on August 31.
Thousands of protesters marching towards the United States Congress after the demonstration in front of the White House tried to enter the building past the barricades in front of the Capitol Building. Shortly after the clashes with the police, some protesters entered the Senate.
The Presidential Electoral College vote confirmation session in Congress was adjourned and Vice President Mike Pence, who presided over the session, and members of Congress were evacuated from the building.
The US president, Donald Trump, for his part, asked his followers on his Twitter account who were demonstrating in front of the Congress building to “moderate”.
In the capital, Washington, a 12-hour “curfew” was declared due to the violence.
US President-elect Joe Biden called for an end to attacks on democracy and the rule of law in the United States. “I urge President Trump to fulfill his oath by appearing on television, upholding the Constitution and demanding an end to this siege,” Biden said.
After Trump asked the protesters to go home, the crowd began to disperse and the police responsible for the security of the United States Congress announced that the security of the building was guaranteed after approximately 4 hours.
4 people died in the events during the press of the United States Congress. (AA)
Source: Sozcu
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