A member of the Proud Boys from Aurora bragged about being promoted to the highest rank of membership in the far-right group after he stormed the U.S. Capitol in body armor and a ballistic helmet on Jan. 6, 2021, and also assaulted a police officer, federal prosecutors say.
in body armor and a ballistic helmet on Jan. 6, 2021, and also assaulted a police officer, federal prosecutors say.
In fact, they alleged the 24-year-old officer Elliott hit with a flagpole was also hit by someone else with a wooden plank. Others allegedly pushed that officer to the ground during another struggle and sprayed him multiple times with chemical irritants. He went to a hospital two days later and was diagnosed with a mild concussion, the feds wrote.Elliott is set to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Washington, D.C.
Prosecutors filed their memo Tuesday seeking a 41-month prison sentence in Elliott’s case. A similar memo from Elliott’s attorney was also due Tuesday but had not appeared on the court docket as of Thursday morning. The defense attorney did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. The night of the riot, Elliott allegedly expressed anger toward Trump in videos on the social media app Telegram for not fighting harder to remain in office.
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