A defense attorney for a former Proud Boys leader convicted of a rare seditious conspiracy charge questioned Thursday during a hearing why former President Donald Trump was not also facing that charge.
“I wonder why that man isn’t charged with seditious conspiracy,” attorney Norm Pattis said in front of a Washington courtroom ahead of his client, Zachary Rehl, receiving a 15-year prison sentence.Rehl, a former U.S. Marine, was one of four Proud Boys leaders convicted of the Civil War-era seditious conspiracy charge, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and other related charges for his role in organizing and leading a group of about 200 to breach the Capitol in 2021.
Pattis called the anticipated sentencing"breathtaking" for"basically taking your history too seriously, taking your president seriously.”
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