MIAMI, FLORIDA - MAY 25: Enrique Tarrio (C), leader of the Proud Boys, uses a megaphone while counter-protesting people gathered at the Torch of Friendship to commemorate the one year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Mr. Tarrio lead a group to the area to express their support of police officers. Floyd's murder by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sparked global protest and continues to spur the Black Lives Matter movement. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Proud Boys’ Leader Enrique Tarrio To Remain Behind Bars While Facing Jan.6 Charges by Tara CumberbatchMarch 18, 2022, 1:02 amDaily Digest, Homepage Slider, News, News Feed Enrique Tarrio, the 38-year old leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, appeared in Miami federal court Tuesday. A magistrate judge ordered that he remain behind bars before his trial on charges of planning the attack on the Capitol. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis said, “he’s a danger to the community is rebutted,” after rejecting a plea by Tarrio’s defense attorney to release him on $1.25 million secured by his family members in Miami. Tarrio will be transferred to Washington, D.C. to face indictment, after being in custody at the Miami Federal Detention Center. Although Tarrio wasn’t present on the day of the attack, Justice Department prosecutors said in its filing, “he directed fellow Proud Boy members in encrypted chat room messages to storm Congress and stop Joe Biden’s victory.” Nayib Hassan, Tarrio’s defense attorney, argues that Tarrio is not a violent person and did not order anyone to storm the Capitol building, hurt officers or damage government property. Subscribe! A week of political news in your in-box. We find the news you need to know, so you don't have to. According to the indictment before the Jan. 6 attack, Tarrio met with the founder of another extremist group, the Oath Keepers, discussing plans to target Congress. Almost 800 people, many from Florida, have been arrested for involvement in the insurrection (Image: Getty)
On Tuesday, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
District Judge Timothy Kelly gave the 39-year-old the longest sentence of anyone involved in the riot. More than 1,100 people have been charged for their involvement in the attack, which was staged by Donald Trump supporters in an effort to stop the certification of President Joe Biden.
“It is kind of hard to put into words how important the peaceful transfer of power is,” Judge Kelly said. “Our country was founded as an experiment in self-government by the people, but it cannot long endure if the way we elect our leaders is threatened with force and violence.”
“Mr. Tarrio was the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who organized, who was motivated by revolutionary zeal,” the judge continued.
Prior to his sentencing, Tarrio told the court that he was “sorry for the pain and suffering” that he caused.
“I have always tried to hold myself to a higher standard and I failed,” he proclaimed. “I held myself morally above others, and this trial has shown me how wrong I was.”
Prosecutor Conor Mulroe rejected Tarrio’s apologies, arguing that the former Proud Boys chairman has a “toxic ability to control others.”
“These are men who would never strap a bomb to their chest or sign up for a training camp, but they are thrilled by the notion of traveling from city to city and beating their advisories senseless in a street fight,” Mulroe said.
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Tarrio’s attorney, Nayib Hassan, told reporters outside of the courthouse that he and his client “respectfully disagree” with the outcome.
“It caught us off guard,” Hassan explained, hinting at an appeal. “That’s what the appellate process is for.”
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