Ex-Proud Boys leader sentenced to three years in prison for Capitol riot plot

Rioters loyal to Donald Trump at the US Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021 (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the US Capitol nearly three years ago.

Charles Donohoe was the second Proud Boy to plead guilty to conspiring with other group members to obstruct the January 6, 2021, joint session of Congress for certifying US President Joe Biden’s electoral victory.