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US Court Hands Proud Boys Leader 22-Year Prison Sentence Over Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Enrique Tarrio, who has been behind bars since his arrest in 2022, was convicted earlier this year by a Washington, DC jury on multiple charges, including those related to him leading a failed plot to prevent the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 US presidential election. | Judge Timothy Kelly of the US District Court for the District of Columbia has sentenced Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in helping orchestrate the breach of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, among other offenses. ● A US broadcaster reported that the sentence is the longest handed down to date in connection with the January 6, 2021, Capitol unrest. Prosecutors sought a 33-year sentence, while the defense team asked for less than 15 years in prison, the report said. ● Shortly before the sentence was handed down, 39-year-old Tarrio pleaded for leniency, calling the January 6 events a “national embarrassment,” and apologizing to the police officers who defended the Capitol and the lawmakers who fled the building at the time.
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