Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members are found guilty of seditious conspiracy over January 6 riot – and they now face a maximum of 20 years in prison
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the group have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy over January 6 riot.
Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Tarrio were all found guilty of the charges after they broke into the Capitol following the 2020 election.
The jury in Washington D.C. could not reach a verdict against a fourth man, Dominic Pezzola, with the others facing a maximum of 20 years in prison.
All four men face a range of charges, including three separate conspiracy charges, obstructing the Electoral College vote and tampering with evidence.
The case is one of the most serious brought in the stunning attack which unfolded on January 6, 2021.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has been found guilty of seditious conspiracy over January 6 riot in 2021
Tarrio was a top target of the Justice Department, which has now secured seditious conspiracy convictions against the leaders of two major extremist groups.
Prosecutors say the groups were intent on keeping Democrat Joe Biden out of the White House at all costs.
The investigation has become the largest for the Justice Department in American history, and it hadn’t tried a seditious conspiracy case in over a decade.
Last year a jury convicted another extremist group leader, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, of the Civil War-era charge last year.
This is a developing story.