Nicholas Ochs (born 1985 or 1986), sometimes Nick Ochs, is a former

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, a 2020 Republican

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candidate, and the founder of the Proud Boy's Hawaii chapter. After taking part in

January 6 United States Capitol attack On January 6, 2021, following the defeat of then-U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The mob was seeking to keep Trump in pow ...

, he plead guilty to obstructing a federal proceeding and was sentenced to four years in jail.

Education

Ochs attended the

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Career

Ochs has worked as a U.S. Marine, based in Hawaii.

Politics

In November 2020, Ochs ran as a Republican candidate to represent the

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neighbourhood in the

. He won the primary but badly lost the general election to Democratic candidate

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. During the election, Ochs' campaign page was removed from

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for breaching the company's terms of service. Ochs won 29.7% of the vote, Tam won 63%. Ochs campaign was endorsed by

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Capitol attack

Ochs is a high ranking "elder" of the Proud Boys right wing neo-fascist organisation. During the

, Ochs threw smoke bombs at police officers and trespassed into the

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where he smoked cigarettes. The same day, he posted in photograph in front of the words "Murder the Media". In September 2022, Ochs plead guilty to obstructing a federal proceeding in a joint prosecution with Nicolas DeCarlo. During his court appearance, Ochs claims he was a journalist. In December 2022, he was fined $5,000, and sentenced to four years in jail, and three years of supervised released.

Personal life

Ochs was aged 36 in 2022. He is married and lived in

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, Hawaii.

References

External links

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Ochs for Hawaii
' - official website (3 August 2020 archive via ''Way Back Machine'') {{DEFAULTSORT:Ochs, Nicholas 1980s births American prisoners and detainees Convicted participants in the January 6 United States Capitol attack Living people People from Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi alumni United States Marines Proud Boys Alt-right activists