Joshua Pruitt came face-to-face with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer during the January 6 attack by a mob of Donald Trump supporters, the court heard.
“One look at Pruitt, and the leader of Senator Schumer’s security detail immediately saw the threat and hustled the 70-year-old senator down a hallway, having to change their evacuation route on a dime,” Assistant US Attorney Alexis Loeb told the court.
US District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Pruitt to four years and seven months in prison and three years of supervised release, the US attorney’s office said.
Prosecutors recommended a five-year sentence for Pruitt.
They described him as an aspiring Proud Boys member whose intimidating figure made him an “ideal recruit” for the attack.





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