Proud Boys member convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy pushing President-elect Trump to release him from prison

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Source: Law & Crime

Nov 12th, 2024, 1:05 pm


Add Proud Boys member and Florida man Joseph Biggs — convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to one of the longest prison terms for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, to the growing list of felons seeking a pardon from President-elect Donald Trump.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, last year sentenced the 40-year-old Biggs to 17 years behind bars after a jury convicted him of seditious conspiracy, among other charges, in May 2023. Now his camp is hoping the prison sentence will soon end with Trump headed back to the White House.

Biggs’ attorney Norm Pattis, known for representing Alex Jones and Infowars employees, told Orlando Fox affiliate WOFL that he is writing Trump a letter urging him to give his client a pardon. Pattis said releasing Biggs from prison is in the public’s interest.

“The notion that Mr. Biggs is some sort of domestic terrorist that should sit behind bars for 17 years is a chilling message to everyone,” Pattis told the TV station. “And that is you ought not to write patriotic hyperbole and then attend a protest, because if you do, an ambitious prosecutor is going to turn your words into circumstantial evidence of intent to commit a crime. And that’s just un-American.”

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Full headline: ‘I know he’ll pardon us’: Proud Boys member convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy pushing President-elect Trump to release him from prison

[riversedge]

1. Sure Trump will pardon them-he needs them on the streets, or using their pens to support him.

[LakeVermilion]

2. Don't the felons have to admit to

the crime, so they can be pardoned?

Just askin’ for a friend.

[TomSlick]

8. That's unclear.

There is an old case that suggests that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt. It is hardly clear and doesn't matter anyway - a pardon erases the conviction.

[LudwigPastorius]

3. It won't happen.

Trump only likes his soldiers that don't get captured.

[BigMin28]

4. Tsf

Will pardon them all on day one. Stewart Rhodes family would be wise to find a safe place, if possible.

[Harker]

6. +33. He'll have to in order to appease the rank and file...

and reward the faithful.

They have work to do.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Why would Trump pardon all those Antifa and FBI plants?

When Jan6 happened, republicans blamed Antifa and FBI plants for it.

[louis-t]

7. "write patriotic hyperbole and then attend a protest"

where the orange jesus would have you shot in the legs if you were protesting him?

And what will they be asked to do in return for pardons?

[malthaussen]

9. I wonder if he will bother. He doesn't need them anymore.

It would take zero effort, but it has the taint of meeting an implied obligation, and I'm sure DJT would hate that.

-- Mal