Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window gets 10 years before declaring ‘Trump won’

The highest-profile defendant in the months-long trial, former top Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, will be sentenced on Tuesday.

Rioters, including Dominic Pezzola, centre with police shield, are confronted by US Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol on January 6 2021 (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

A former member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group defiantly declared “Trump won” after being sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Friday’s sentence for Dominic Pezzola, who smashed a window at the US Capitol in the building’s first breach of the January 6 2021 riot, is among the longest handed down for offences committed during the insurrection.