A member of the Proud Boys extremist group who took selfies in the Senate gallery during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and once told a judge he would “still do it all over again” was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison, federal prosecutors said.
Marc Anthony Bru, 44, of Vancouver, Washington, was also sentenced to 36 months of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $7,946 fine and $2,000 in restitution, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
Bru was found guilty on Oct. 3 of two felonies, including obstruction of an official proceeding and civil disorder, along with five misdemeanors, prosecutors said.
On Jan. 6, prosecutors said, Bru met up with other members of the Proud Boys and was “intent on obstructing the certification of the Electoral College vote.”
Bru was among the first to breach a restricted perimeter on the west side of the U.S. Capitol grounds, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He also made his way to the front of a mob on the West Plaza, prosecutors said, and for almost two hours verbally harassed U.S. Capitol Police.
While officers there tried to gain control of the area, Bru became physical with them, prosecutors said.
“At one point, as police officers attempted to secure the area with bike rack barricades, Bru rushed in to join a struggle between rioters and police,” according to prosecutors. “Bru used his full body weight to push back against the bike rack barricade that police were attempting to use to re-establish control of a small area on the West Plaza. The officers attempted to repel Bru with pepper spray but were ultimately unsuccessful.”
When the police line broke, prosecutors said, Bru made his way up the steps of the Capitol to the upper west terrace, where he joined others in the mob by chanting, “Let us in!”
While inside the Capitol, prosecutors said, it took Bru less than 10 minutes to make it to the Senate gallery, near the Senate floor that was…
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