Four members of the Proud Boys, including its former leader Enrique Tarrio, were found guilty of Seditious Conspiracy against the United States Thursday for their role in the Capitol Riot on January 6th, 2021.
Breaking news: Former Proud Boys chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and three other members of the extremist group were found guilty Thursday of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/6Y59pIb0g9 pic.twitter.com/C3wEqCU2HT
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 4, 2023
“The verdicts, coming after seven days of deliberations in Federal District Court in Washington, were a major blow against one of the country’s most notorious far-right groups and another milestone in the Justice Department’s vast investigation of the Capitol attack,” reports the New York Times.
BREAKING: Jurors have reached a partial verdict in the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial. pic.twitter.com/8I8VCiPtx7
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 4, 2023
“The sedition charge, which is rarely used and harks back to the Union’s efforts to protect the federal government against secessionist rebels during the Civil War, was also used in two separate trials against nine members of another far-right group, the Oath Keepers militia. Six of those defendants — including Stewart Rhodes, the organization’s founder and leader — were convicted of sedition; each of the others was found guilty of different serious felonies,” adds the Times.
The charges could bring a maximum prison sentence of nearly 50 years.
This is a developing story.