Proud Boys chief will get 22-years jail time period for US Capitol assault

AFP

A former chief of the right-wing Proud Boys group, Enrique Tarrio, was sentenced to 22 years in jail on Tuesday for his position within the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol, the longest sentence to date within the case.

US District Judge Timothy Kelly imposed the sentence on Tarrio, 39, of Miami, for his position within the riot by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters. His attorneys mentioned he would attraction.

Tarrio had been convicted of seditious conspiracy for his position in planning the Capitol riot that sought to cease Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s defeat of Trump in an election Trump falsely claimed was tainted by widespread fraud.

Tarrio’s attorneys mentioned his absence from Washington on Jan. 6, the results of one other choose’s earlier order, meant that he had no “direct influence” on the riot.

But in imposing the sentence, the choose mentioned: “Mr. Tarrio was the ultimate leader of that conspiracy. Mr. Tarrio was the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who organised, who was motivated by revolutionary zeal.”

Prosecutors mentioned Tarrio had remained in contact with the Proud Boys group and monitored their actions.

“He was on a tier of his own,” Assistant US Attorney Conor Mulroe mentioned, including Tarrio was a uniquely influential determine among the many Proud Boys.

Prosecutors had requested Kelly to condemn Tarrio to 33 years behind bars, saying he helped direct the assault from Baltimore. His attorneys had requested for not more than 15 years.

Kelly final week sentenced one other far-right Proud Boys chief, Ethan Nordean, to 18 years. Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes in May was additionally sentenced to 18 years.

In courtroom on Tuesday, Tarrio mentioned he was sorry for his actions. “I am extremely ashamed and disappointed,” he mentioned about violence towards regulation enforcement on that day, including: “What happened on January 6 was a national embarrassment.”

More than 1,100 folks have been arrested on fees associated to the Capitol assault. At least 630 have pleaded responsible and at the very least 110 have been convicted at trial.

Five folks, together with a police officer, died throughout or shortly after the riot, and greater than 140 law enforcement officials had been injured. Damage to the Capitol was within the thousands and thousands of {dollars}.

Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was tapped to research broader efforts to overturn the 2020 election, has charged Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, for attempting to maintain himself in energy.