U.S. Capitol riots: Former Proud Boys leader charged with seditious conspiracy – National
The previous high chief of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and different members have been charged with seditious conspiracy for what federal prosecutors say was a coordinated assault on the U.S. Capitol to cease Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory, authorities mentioned Monday.
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the previous Proud Boys chairman, and 4 others linked to the group are charged within the newest indictment in opposition to them. All 5 had been beforehand charged with totally different conspiracy counts.
Tarrio, the group’s high chief, wasn’t in Washington, D.C., when the riot erupted on Jan. 6, 2021. Police arrested Tarrio in Washington two days earlier than the riot and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church throughout a protest in December 2020. Tarrio was launched from jail on Jan. 14 after serving his five-month sentence for that case.
The brand new riot-related indictments in opposition to Proud Boys members are among the many most critical filed to date, however they aren’t the primary of their sort.
Eleven members or associates of the anti-government Oath Keepers militia group, together with its founder and chief Stewart Rhodes, had been indicted in January on seditious conspiracy prices within the Capitol assault.
Greater than three dozen individuals charged within the Capitol siege have been recognized by federal authorities as Proud Boys leaders, members or associates.
