DOJ seeks 11 years for conservative scion Brent Bozell IV, saying he 'led the charge' on Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are seeking more than 11 years in federal prison for convicted Jan. 6 defendant Brent Bozell IV, the son and grandson of two men who shaped the American conservative movement in the 20th and 21st Century.

Bozell IV, also known as "Zeeker," smashed windows at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and was convicted of a host of charges in September, including five felonies. He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 17. Federal prosecutors, in a sentencing memo filed late Friday, sought a terrorism sentencing enhancement for Bozell, saying that Bozell's actions were intended to affect the conduct of the government and that he made preparations for Jan. 6 because he "believed that the presidential election had been 'stolen' and thus planned to respond through violence."

Bozell's father, Brent Bozell III, founded the Media Research Center, NewsBusters, CNSNews and the Parents Television and Media Council. Bozell III once wrote that former President Donald Trump "might be the greatest charlatan of them all," but pivoted to defending Trump after his 2016 election victory. Brent Bozell Jr., the convicted rioter's grandfather, was a speechwriter for Joe McCarthy, ghostwrote Barry Goldwater's "The Conscience of a Conservative" and was a friend of National Review founder William F. Buckley. Bozell Jr. was such a "fan boy" of fascist dictator Francisco Franco that he moved to Spain during his reign, according to Politico, which also credited him with organizing the "first violent anti-abortion protest" in Washington in 1970 for which he was "convicted of assaulting a police officer with a five-foot wooden cross," according to his 1997 obituary.

Few Jan. 6 rioters, federal prosecutors said, "were involved in as