Washington Hawaii Proud Boys Founder Pleads Guilty To Role In Jan. 6 Riot Nicholas Ochs faces up to 20 years in prison for the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding. About 2 3 minutes. Nicholas Ochs, who founded the Hawaii chapter of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys, pleaded guilty to a felony charge Friday in federal court for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington D.C. After attending the “Stop The Steal” rally featuring then-president Donald Trump, Ochs, 36, marched to the U.S. Capitol, threw smoke bombs at police and illegally entered the seat of Congress...