Determination of their sentencing, or is this specifically to do with the role that they played on january 6th? you know, it s a delicate line, a lot of these scenarios. they have a lot of these first amendment claims. the history of the group definitely play a big role in the trial overall because they went back and looked at these previous events that the proud boys were involved in. and obviously that video that was referenced earlier in terms of the stand back and stand by from president trump was evidence in this case that is sort of this remarkable moment where you had this footage of the president inspiring a group that is now charged with seditious conspiracy and has now been convicted of seditious conspiracy. it s definitely played a role in how this case sort of all rolled out. they look back at the previous conflicts. and the proud boys were involved in skirmishes here in d.c. before january 6th, both in nevada and december of 2020 in that period after the election loss. and i think, you know, in terms
The proud boys members convicted of a very serious and rarely proven charge, we look back at the prosecutors sentencing memo which reads in part, quote, the justice system s response to january 6th will impact whether january 6th becomes an outlier or a watershed moment. it is critical that this court impose significant sentences of incarceration on all the defendants in this case to convey to those who would mobilize such political violence in the future that their actions will have consequences, end quote. and that is where we start this hour with nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly outside the d.c. courthouse where the sentencing hearing took place. plus, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi frank figliuzzi, and errin haines, editor at large of the 19th. welcome to all of you. thank you for being with us. errin haines, let me start with you, because we are finally, after seeing lots of people arrested and tried, we re finally seeing the head honchos