DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ She Pioneered Internet Fame, He Helped Draft a Constitution. Now They’re in Love.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Joseph Bernstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Still, there was an acculturation process — particularly for Mr. Feldman, who is not really the dance-like-no-one-is-watching type. To begin with, Ms. Allison was immersed in a scene, centered on Burning Man, about which Mr. Feldman knew nothing. “Many of Julia’s friends have jobs I didn’t know existed until I met Julia,” Mr. Feldman said. “To say Noah was having trepidation about Burning Man would be a major understatement,” Ms. Allison said. If you’re going to be with me, you have to go to Burning Man.

Persons: Feldman, Allison, Julia, ” Mr, Purple, ”, Noah, Ms, Clifford Geertz, Mr, revel, aren’t, “, Allison’s Locations: Bali, cryptocurrency, Ubud, Cambridge, Boston, Nevada

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried's dad emailed his son that he didn't know 'what to say' after finding he'd be paid $200,000 instead of $1 million by FTX — then looped in SBF's mom, lawsuit claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried's dad was not happy about his $200,000 salary at now-bankrupt crypto firm FTX, a lawsuit claims. In emails cited in the lawsuit, Joseph Bankman said he believed he would be paid $1 million by FTX. He then looped in Barbara Fried, his partner and Bankman-Fried's mom. Bankman and Fried enjoyed the benefits of more than $90,000 in expenses, paid for by FTX Trading, for their Bahamas residence." FTX group and Bankman-Fried's trading firm Alameda Research filed for bankruptcy in November 2022 with the founder stepping down from his role as CEO.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Joseph Bankman, Barbara Fried, FTX, Bankman, Fried, Gee, Sam, Barbara, Sean Heckler, Michael Tremonte, Joe Organizations: FTX, Service, Alameda Ltd, Stanford University, Alameda Research Locations: Wall, Silicon, FTX, Alameda, Bahamas

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried's parents are accused of siphoning millions of dollars from FTX
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Will Gendron | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The fallout of FTX's implosion continues, with Sam Bankman-Fried's parents now facing a lawsuit. Barbara Fried and Allan Joseph Bankman were accused of siphoning millions of dollars from the firm. FTX entered bankruptcy in November when the global exchange ran out of money after the equivalent of a bank run. "And together, Bankman and Fried siphoned millions of dollars out of the FTX Group for their own personal benefit and their chosen pet causes." Mr. Ray and his massive team of lawyers, who are collectively running up countless millions of dollars in fees while returning relatively little to FTX clients, know better."

Persons: Sam Bankman, Barbara Fried, Allan Joseph Bankman, SBF's, FTX, Fried, Bankman, John Ray III, Joe, Barbara, Ray Organizations: Service, FTX, Stanford University, Alameda Research, Stanford, FTX Group, Bankman Locations: Wall, Silicon, Bahamas, Delaware, Manhattan, Alameda, FTX, Brooklyn

☆ FTX sues Sam Bankman-Fried's parents, aims to claw back some of the $26 million in gifts and property
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Barbara Fried, mother of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, leaves the courthouse, after a U.S judge revoked Bankman-Fried's bail, New York, Aug. 11, 2023. Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is looking to claw back luxury property and "millions of dollars in fraudulently transferred and misappropriated funds" from the parents of Sam Bankman-Fried, the exchange's disgraced ex-CEO and founder. The filing characterizes the correspondence as Bankman lobbying his son to "massively increase his own salary." Bankman-Fried himself independently faces multiple wire and securities fraud charges related to the alleged multibillion-dollar FTX fraud. Bankman and Fried "either knew — or ignored bright red flags revealing — that their son, Bankman-Fried, and other FTX Insiders were orchestrating a vast fraudulent scheme," the lawsuit said.

Persons: Barbara Fried, Sam Bankman, Allan Joseph Bankman, Fried, Sam's, Bankman, Gee, Sam, Barbara, Damian Williams, Joe, Ray Organizations: Bankruptcy, District of, FTX, Administration, Stanford University, Group, Stanford Law School, The U.S . Department of Justice, Bankman, CNBC Locations: New York, U.S, District of Delaware, Bahamas, Alameda, The, Manhattan, Bankman

☆ FTX Sues Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents to Recover ‘Misappropriated Funds’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

FTX has sued founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents to recover millions of dollars in “fraudulently transferred and misappropriated funds,” the company said in a court filing late Monday. Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, both Stanford Law School professors, “exploited their access and influence within the FTX enterprise to enrich themselves,” the company, operated in bankruptcy by new management, alleged.

Persons: FTX, Sam Bankman, Joseph Bankman, Barbara Fried, “ Organizations: Stanford Law School

[1/4] Joseph Bankman, father of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, leaves the courthouse, after U.S judge revoked Bankman-Fried's bail, in New York, U.S., August 11, 2023. FTX, now being led by turnaround specialist John Ray, said that company founder Sam Bankman-Fried ran FTX as a "family business" and misappropriated billions in customer funds for the benefit of a small circle of insiders, including his parents. Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to charges that he defrauded FTX customers by using their funds to prop up his own risky investments. Bankman and Fried also pushed FTX to make tens of millions of dollars in charitable contributions, including to Stanford University, FTX said. FTX has recovered more than $7 billion in assets to repay customers, and it is pursuing additional recoveries through lawsuits against FTX insiders and other defendants that received money from FTX before it went bankrupt.

Persons: Joseph Bankman, Sam Bankman, Eduardo Munoz, Stanford, Barbara Fried, John Ray, Fried, Sean Hecker, Michael Tremonte, Joe, Barbara, " Hecker, Tremonte, Bankman, FTX, Dietrich Knauth, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, Monday, Stanford University, Stanford Law School, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Bahamas, FTX

FTX entered bankruptcy in November when the global exchange ran out of money after the equivalent of a bank run. Several other former FTX executives have pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges and are cooperating with investigators. The scheme involved Bankman-Fried receiving a loan from Alameda, then transferring the money to his parents. According to FEC records, Singh contributed roughly $9.7 million in 2022 and in late 2020 to various candidates and committees. The judge revoked Bankman-Fried’s bail last month after finding probable cause that he had tampered with witnesses.

Persons: Sam Bankman, ”, Allan Joseph Bankman, Barbara Fried, FTX, Fried, Bankman, ’, “ Bankman, John Ray III, Joe, Barbara, Ray, “ Fried, Nishad Singh, ” Singh, Singh, Ryan Salame Organizations: —, FTX, Stanford University, Alameda Research, Stanford, FTX Group, Bankman, FEC, FTX Digital Markets Locations: Del, Bahamas, Delaware, Manhattan, Alameda, FTX

☆ Striking unions impacting the economy at a level not seen in decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowThe auto workers' strike is the latest in a series of labor-management conflicts that economists say could start having significant growth impacts if they persist. So far, the United Auto Workers stoppage has impacted just a small portion of the workforce with limited implications for the broader economy. United Auto Workers (UAW) members on a picket line outside the Stellantis NV Toledo Assembly Complex in Toldeo, Ohio, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. August alone saw some 4.1 million labor hours lost this year, the most for a single month since August 2000, according to the Labor Department. Year to date, there have been 7.4 million hours lost, compared to just 636 hours total for the same period in 2022.

Persons: Ian Shepherdson, Emily Elconin, Shepherdson, Doris Dear, John Nacion, Joseph Brusuelas, Brusuelas, Biden, Janet Yellen, CNBC's Sara Eisen Organizations: United Auto Workers, Labor Department statistics, Pantheon, UAW, Stellantis NV, Bloomberg, Getty, Big Three, Ford, GM, Federal Reserve, Labor, Labor Department, HBO, National Union Solidarity, Writers Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, University of Michigan, RSM, York Fed Locations: Stellantis NV Toledo, Toldeo , Ohio, U.S, New York City, John, Los Angeles, California , Oregon, Washington, York

☆ Liberia opposition leader Boakai opens bid to beat President Weah
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Alphonso Toweh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] People gather as opposition leader Joseph Boakai launched his campaign ahead of October elections, in Monrovia, Liberia September 17, 2023. "We thought he (Weah) was going to bring the change he promised, but nothing," said businesswoman Martha Gould. An error in the accounting of fuel supplies in state-run tanks left Liberia short on gasoline in 2020, causing panic at the pumps. Still, it remains to be seen if Boakai and his Unity Party can turn the tide. Weah remains popular across much of the country, and the economy grew nearly 5% last year, driven by gains in agriculture and mining, the World Bank says.

Persons: Joseph Boakai, Carielle, George Weah, Joe, Martha Gould, Weah, Nathaniel McGill, Boakai, Edward McAllister, Christina Fincher Organizations: Reuters, Rights, Liberian, Unity Party, Bank, Thomson Locations: Monrovia, Liberia, Rights MONROVIA, Liberia's, United States

☆ Until 3183 A.D., This Public Sculpture Is a Work in Progress
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Richard Fisher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

One of the biggest sticking points was the use of concrete, which some residents found ugly and drab, Barbara Laber said. He may have been seeking to make time itself more concrete, more tangible, Schlecht said. In the late 20th century, Laber was not the only German artist exploring time’s reach across generations. Since then, several other long-term art projects have begun across Europe and beyond. But Michael Münker, whose day job is running a medical device firm in the Netherlands, recently established a network called L.T.A.P.

Persons: Barbara Laber, “, Klaus Schlecht, Laber, Schlecht, Joseph Beuys, Bogomir Ecker, Michael Münker Organizations: Pyramid Foundation, Hamburger Kunsthalle Locations: Kassel, Germany, Hamburger, Hamburg, Europe, Halberstadt, Dutch, Oxfordshire, England, Texas, Netherlands

The mandatory raise would apply to all fast food restaurants in California that are part of a chain with at least 60 locations nationwide. The agreement ends an tense standoff between labor unions and the fast food industry that started last year when Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law creating a Fast Food Council with the authority to raise wages of fast food workers up to $22 per hour. In exchange for a $20 minimum wage, labor unions have withdrawn their legislation to make fast food companies liable for their franchise operators' labor violations and lawmakers have stripped funding for the Industrial Welfare Commission. The Fast Food Council created in the original legislation would still exist, but it would only have the authority to set wages, not workplace standards.

Persons: Ingrid Vilorio, ”, Vilorio, Gavin Newsom, Newsom, Kathy Fairbanks, Sean Kennedy, Joseph Bryant, Olga R, Rodriguez Organizations: San Francisco Bay Area, Democratic Gov, Food, Democratic, Industrial Welfare Commission, Food Council, National Restaurant Association, Service Employees International Union Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, San Francisco Bay, U.S, San Francisco

CNN —The number of first responders who have died from 9/11-related illnesses now almost equals the number of firefighters who died during the terror attacks themselves. A total of 341 New York City Fire Department firefighters, paramedics and civilian support staff who died from post-911 illnesses are now memorialized at the FDNY World Trade Center Memorial Wall, according to the Uniformed Firefighters Association. The memorial commemorates both first responders who died during the attacks and those who died from related illnesses in the years since. That count almost equals the 343 New York firefighters who died during the 2001 attacks. More than 71,000 people are currently enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry, a long-term study seeking to understand the physical and mental health effects of the terror attacks.

Persons: ”, Laura Kavanagh, Joseph Brosi, Jim Brosi, “, ” Joseph Brosi, Joe, Brosi Organizations: CNN, New York, New York City Fire Department, FDNY, Trade Center, Uniformed Firefighters Association, World Trade, World Trade Center Health, World Trade Center, Zero Locations: New York City

☆ Opinion: The Proud Prosecution doesn’t mean we’re any safer
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Anna Lee | Opinion Jon Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Editor’s Note: Jon Lewis is a research fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, where he studies domestic violent extremism. However, the 814-page document devoted less than three pages to making recommendations, and in those, perplexingly failed to offer a meaningful set related to domestic terrorism. There is little question that right-wing extremism, particularly white supremacist extremism, is currently the deadliest and most pervasive domestic terrorism threat facing the United States. Nearly 1 in 4 of these right-wing extremist killings were committed in the name of white supremacist terrorism – a staggering 251 total deaths. We stand at a crossroads in the fight against domestic terrorism.

Persons: Jon Lewis, Timothy Kelly, Proud, Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordean, Jon Lewis Jon Lewis, perplexingly Organizations: Extremism, George Washington University, CNN, Proud Boys, Justice Department, Biden, Terrorism, Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Twitter, Facebook Locations: United States, Poway, El Paso, Pittsburgh, Buffalo

"Mr. Tarrio was the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who organized, who was motivated by revolutionary zeal,” U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said prior to announcing the sentence. “That conspiracy ended up with about 200 men amped up for battle encircling the Capitol.”Tarrio’s is the latest in a series of sentencings for former Proud Boys members convicted of seditious conspiracy. Notably, Tarrio was not among the hundreds of other Proud Boys members who breached the Capitol. Tarrio was released the next day but ordered to leave the city, so he watched and gave commands from a hotel in Baltimore. “There’s no comparing anybody that was there – including myself – with George Washington or any of the Founding Fathers,” Tarrio said.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Donald Trump, Tarrio, Timothy Kelly, Tarrio’s, Joseph Biggs, Zach Rehl, Dominic Pezzola, Ethan Nordean, Nayib Hassan, Stewart Rhodes, Rhodes, –, ” Kelly, “, throngs, ”, George Washington, ” Tarrio Organizations: Capitol, Proud Boys, New, Boys, Trump, U.S . Locations: U.S, Philadelphia, Seattle, Washington, Baltimore, United States

☆ Enrique Tarrio: Prosecutors ask for 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Prosecutors are seeking a 33-year prison sentence for Tarrio which, if given, would be the longest sentence related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. Tarrio is the last of five Proud Boys defendants to be sentenced. He and three other members of the Proud Boys leadership were found guilty of seditious conspiracy. District Judge Timothy Kelly has consistently gone far below previous Justice Department sentencing requests for Proud Boys members convicted in this case. Tarrio’s lawyer Sabino Jauregui fiercely fought additional terrorism sentencing penalties Tuesday, saying that “it was not his intention to bring down the United States government, or overthrow the United States government.”“My client is no terrorist,” Jauregui said.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Prosecutors, Tarrio, Timothy Kelly, Kelly, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Dominic Pezzola, Tarrio’s, Sabino Jauregui, ”, ” Jauregui, “, Biggs, Nordean Organizations: CNN, Boys, Proud Boys, Department, United, Capitol, Congress Locations: Washington , DC, Tarrio, United States, Washington ,

☆ Ex-Leader of Proud Boys Sentenced to 22 Years in Jan. 6 Sedition Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison for the central role he played in organizing a gang of his pro-Trump followers to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power. Until now, the longest prison term connected to Jan. 6 had been 18 years. That sentence was issued last week to Ethan Nordean, one of Mr. Tarrio’s co-defendants. The penalty imposed on Mr. Tarrio at a three-hour hearing in Federal District Court in Washington was the final sentence to be lodged against the five members of the Proud Boys who were tried on seditious conspiracy charges earlier this year. Three other men in the case — Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola — were each sentenced last week to between 10 and 17 years in prison.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Tarrio’s, Stewart Rhodes, Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Dominic Pezzola — Organizations: Trump, Capitol, Mr, Federal, Court Locations: Washington

REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A federal judge will sentence two more members of the far-right Proud Boys on Friday who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed bid by then-President Donald Trump's supporters to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election victory. The second defendant, Ethan Nordean, was a leader of the group who was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes. The sentencing of Pezzola and Nordean follows U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on Thursday ordering two other former Proud Boys leaders, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl, to serve 17 years and 15 years in prison, respectively. The government is seeking a 20-year prison term for Pezzola and a 27-year term for Nordean. Former Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio will be sentenced on Sept 5.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, Donald Trump's, Joe Biden's, Dominic Pezzola, Ethan Nordean, Trump, Biden, Pezzola, Nordean, Timothy Kelly, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Biggs, Stewart Rhodes, Rehl, Mark, Nick Smith, Smith, Enrique Tarrio, Sarah N, Lynch, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Grant McCool Organizations: Trump, U.S, Capitol, U.S . Congress, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Proud Boys, Capitol Police, Boys, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Washington

☆ Dominic Pezzola: Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window on January 6 sentenced to 10 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Images of Dominic Pezzola, nicknamed “Spazzolini,” using the police riot shield to first breach the Capitol building quickly became a symbol of the violence that day. “The reality is you were the one who did it,” District Judge Timothy Kelly said during the hearing Friday. “You were the one who smashed that window in and let people begin to stream into the Capitol building and threaten the lives of our lawmakers. Pezzola was the only one of the five Proud Boys defendants not convicted of seditious conspiracy. Two of Pezzola’s codefendants, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl, were sentenced Thursday to 17 and 15 years in prison respectively.

Persons: Dominic Pezzola, “ Spazzolini, Timothy Kelly, “, “ Trump, ”, Kelly –, –, Pezzola, codefendants, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Pezzola’s, Mark, Erik Kenerson, trepidation ”, ” Pezzola, Lisa, Kelly, Angelina, sobbed Organizations: CNN, Capitol, Boys Locations: New York

☆ Judge sentences ex-Proud Boys leaders to 17 and 15-year terms for US Capitol attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Thomson Reuters | Sarah N. Lynch Is The Lead Reporter For Reuters Covering The U.S. Justice Department Out Of Washington | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

In one of the debates during his 2020 presidential campaign, Trump famously told the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" when he was asked by the moderator to denounce white supremacists. [1/2]A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. They are requesting a 20-year term for Pezzola, who was acquitted of seditious conspiracy, but convicted of other serious felonies. The sentences he imposed, while far lower than what the government requested, still represent among the most stringent to date in connection with the Capitol attack. It is one of four indictments now facing Trump, as the 2024 campaign is about to kick into high gear.

Persons: Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Donald Trump's, Timothy Kelly, Biggs, Rehl, Kelly, Jan, ”, “ I’m, ” Rehl, “, Joe Biden's, Trump, Jason McCullough, ” Trump, Biden, Donald Trump, Leah Millis, Ethan Nordean, Dominic Pezzola, Enrique Tarrio, Rehls, Stewart Rhodes, Jack Smith, Stormy Daniels, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Mark Porter, Grant McCool Organizations: Boys, U.S, Capitol, Prosecutors, Democratic, Republican, REUTERS, Trump, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Georgia, Florida, New York

☆ Judge sentences ex-Proud Boys leader Biggs to 17 years over US Capitol attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Thomson Reuters | Sarah N. Lynch Is The Lead Reporter For Reuters Covering The U.S. Justice Department Out Of Washington | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Ahead of his sentencing, Biggs apologized for his actions as he faced Kelly, choking up as he spoke about his daughter whom he said was a sexual assault victim who needs him. Together, Biggs and Rehl will become the first Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy to be sentenced for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Norm Pattis, an attorney for both Biggs and Rehl, asked Kelly to sentence his clients to a term that is below U.S. sentencing guidelines. In May, a jury convicted Biggs, Rehl, Tarrio and Nordean of seditious conspiracy, a Civil War-era law that makes it a crime to conspire to oppose the government by force, and other felonies.

Persons: Donald Trump, Leah Millis, Joseph Biggs, Donald Trump's, Timothy Kelly, Kelly, Jan, Biggs, “, ”, “ I’m, Zachary Rehl, Rehl, Stewart Rhodes, Jason McCullough, Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joe Biden's, Trump, Biden, Jack Smith, Norm Pattis, Pattis, Dominic Pezzola, Pezzola, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Mark Porter Organizations: U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, Democratic, Republican, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S

☆ Former Proud Boys leaders could face longest sentences yet for US Capitol attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Thomson Reuters | Sarah N. Lynch Is The Lead Reporter For Reuters Covering The U.S. Justice Department Out Of Washington | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Proud Boys member Joe Biggs speaks during a rally in Portland, Oregon, September 26, 2020, before he was later arrested for his involvement in the storming of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington. Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence Joseph Biggs to 33 years in prison and they are seeking a 30-year sentence for co-defendant Zachary Rehl. They are due to become the first Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy to be sentenced for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Former Proud Boys Chair Enrique Tarrio and another former leader, Ethan Nordean, were scheduled for sentencing on Wednesday but their hearings were postponed after the judge called out sick. Rehl, meanwhile, "spent his time as president of the Philadelphia Proud Boys trying to present a legitimate-looking front while behind the scenes amassing an army that was ready and willing to fight," they added.

Persons: Joe Biggs, Jim Urquhart, Donald Trump's, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Stewart Rhodes, Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joe Biden's, Trump, Biden, Timothy Kelly, Biggs, Rehl, Jack Smith, Norm Pattis, Kelly, Dominic Pezzola, Pezzola, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Mark Porter Organizations: U.S . Capitol, Washington . D.C, REUTERS, Rights, Boys, Democratic, Republican, U.S, Philadelphia Proud, Capitol, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: Portland , Oregon, Washington ., U.S, American

☆ Proud Boys Leaders Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl Receive Lengthy Jail Terms
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/proud-boys-leader-joseph-biggs-sentenced-to-17-years-in-prison-97ca2f88

Persons: Dow Jones, joseph, biggs

☆ Proud Boys Leader Joseph Biggs Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Byron Tau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Dow Jones, joseph, biggs

Joseph Biggs, a onetime lieutenant in the Proud Boys, was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison after his conviction on charges of seditious conspiracy for plotting with a gang of pro-Trump followers to attack the Capitol and disrupt the peaceful transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Biggs’s sentence was one of the stiffest penalties issued so far in more than 1,100 criminal cases stemming from the Capitol attack and among only a handful to have been legally labeled an act of terrorism. It was just over half of the 33 years the government had requested and just shy of the 18-year term given in May to Stewart Rhodes, the leader of another far-right group, the Oath Keepers militia, who was also found guilty of sedition. One of Mr. Biggs’s co-defendants, Zachary Rehl, is scheduled to be sentenced in front of Judge Kelly on Thursday afternoon. The Proud Boys — who had been fighting on the streets since 2017 for a range of far-right causes — became a central focus of the F.B.I.’s investigation into Jan. 6 within days of the Capitol attack.

Persons: Joseph Biggs, Stewart Rhodes, Judge Timothy J, Kelly, Enrique Tarrio, Biggs’s, Zachary Rehl, Judge Kelly, — Organizations: Trump, Federal, Court Locations: Washington

Joseph Biggs, the former second-in-command of the Proud Boys, was sentenced to 17 years in prison, and Zach Riehl, who presided over the Proud Boys’ Philadelphia chapter, received a 15-year sentence. “I definitely don't want to be a person affiliated with any more groups unless it's my daughter's PTA," he said. “My curiosity got the best of me, and I’m going to have to live with that for the rest of my life." "I let it consume my life and I lost track of who and what mattered most.”“It wasn’t just January 6th. “That day broke our tradition of peacefully transferring power, which is among the most precious things we had as Americans.

Persons: Joseph Biggs, Zach Riehl, Riehl, perjured, Enrique Tarrio, Donald Trump, Biggs, Timothy Kelly, “, ”, ” Riehl, Kelly, Biggs –, Riehl –, Jan, ‘, Biggs ’ Organizations: Capitol, U.S, Trump Locations: Philadelphia

Search resuls for: "Joseph B"

25 mentions found