Ex-Proud Boy leader gets 3 years in prison for rioting on Jan 6: report

A former leader of the far-right group Proud Boys was sentenced to prison Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according to a new report.

Charles Donohoe, 35, was sentenced to three years and four months after pleading guilty to conspiring with other Proud Boy members to obstruct a joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, according to the Associated Press.

During his sentencing, Donohoe reportedly apologized to his family, U.S. Capitol Police and “America as a whole” for his actions on Jan. 6.

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“I knew what I was doing was illegal from the very moment those barricades got knocked down,” he said.

As the Associated Press points out, Donohoe could be released in a month due to the time he's already served since his arrest in 2021.

Donohoe was president of a North Carolina Proud Boys chapter and a lieutenant of former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison, according to the report.