WaPo:

A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison, just shy of the longest punishment imposed on a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

That day broke our tradition of peaceful transfer of power, one of the most precious things we had as Americans,” U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly said as he sentenced Joseph Biggs, 39, of Florida. “We don’t have it anymore.”

Later Thursday, Kelly sentenced Zachary Rehl, 38, who led the Philadelphia Proud Boys, to 15 years in prison. Biggs and Rehl are two of four Proud Boys found guilty earlier this year of engaging in a seditious conspiracy to keep Donald Trump in power by force. The case was one of the highest-profile prosecutions of the thousand-plus lodged against participants in the Capitol riot. While steep, the sentences are about half of what prosecutors sought and federal sentencing guidelines suggested.