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(Jewish Group) Jan. 6 Proud Boy rioter who approached Chuck Schumer and who made antisemitic jokes
Jan. 6 Proud Boy rioter who approached Chuck Schumer and who made antisemitic jokes in chat sentenced to 4.5 yearsA federal judge handed down a 55-month prison sentence to a 40-year-old Proud Boy initiate who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 and rushed toward Sen. Chuck Schumer.
The prosecution’s sentencing recommendation noted that Joshua Pruitt, in his efforts to impress other Proud Boys, a far-right group, made antisemitic comments in encrypted chats.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, addressing Pruitt on Monday, said that his sentence, one of the toughest so far in prosecutions of the hundreds of people charged in the deadly rioting, was informed in part by Pruitt’s approach toward Schumer, the Jewish New York Democrat who was then the Senate minority leader.
“You did get into the building early, you did penetrate deeply into the building, you did damage property, you played a role in amping up the crowd, you did get very close to one of our national leaders,” The Washington Post quoted Kelly as saying.
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