How Long a Sentence Should the January 6th Ringleaders Get?
<p>For the last several months, hundreds of participants in the January 6th insurrection at the nation's capitol have been found guilty and sentenced for their crimes. Recently, some of the leaders of groups participating got their sentences. Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys, received a 22-year sentence.</p>
<h2><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/politics/enrique-tarrio-sentencing-proud-boys-seditious-conspiracy/index.html?source=post_page-----c13d2a10a418--------------------------------" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Prosecutors ask for 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio | CNN Politics</a></h2>
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<p>Two members of the Oath Keepers, Elmer Stewart Rhodes III and Kelly Meggs, received 18-year sentences.</p>
<h2><a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/court-sentences-two-oath-keepers-leaders-18-years-prison-seditious-conspiracy-and-other?source=post_page-----c13d2a10a418--------------------------------#:~:text=Rhodes%2C%2057%2C%20of%20Granbury%2C,36%20months%20of%20supervised%20release" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Court Sentences Two Oath Keepers Leaders to 18 Years in Prison on Seditious Conspiracy and Other…</a></h2>
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<p>Every participant didn't receive jail time. About<a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/31-months-jan-6-attack-capitol" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"> 1,100 people have been charged with over 300 receiving jail time</a>. Some people received fines, while others received suspended sentences. But what about the ringleaders, the ones who planned the whole thing? What about the one who tweeted an invitation to come to Washington, saying;</p>
<h2><strong>"Big protest in D.C. on Jan. 6. Be there, will be wild! "— Donald Trump.</strong></h2>
<p>What about the "war room" occupants on Jan. 6 at the Willard Hotel? Rudy Guiliani, John Eastman, Bernard Kerik, Steve Bannon, Boris Epshteyn, Gen. Michael Flynn, and others. Mark Meadows was supposed to be there but was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36iTr2hahhA" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">talked out of going </a>by an aide.</p>
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<p>“I had made it clear to Mr. Meadows that I didn’t believe it was a smart idea for him to go to the Willard Hotel that night. I wasn’t sure everything that was going on at the Willard Hotel, although I knew enough about what Mr. Giuliani and his associates were pushing during this period. I didn’t think that it was something appropriate for the White House chief of staff to attend or to consider involvement,” — Cassidy Hutchinson</p>
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