Facing the possibility of years in prison on felony convictions, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the longtime leader of the far-right Proud Boys, sought to deflect blame for the Jan. 6, 2021 attack onto former president Donald Trump.
accuses the men of mustering and coordinating the movements of as many as 200 to 300 people around the Capitol.Hassan kicked off the second day of closing arguments in the trial, one of the most high-profile of the nearly 1,000 Jan. 6 cases the government has charged. If convicted, Tarrio will be the first person held partially responsible for the Jan. 6 riot who was not at the Capitol that day.
“If you don’t stand up to the government now as justice requires and the Constitution requires, the next time they may come for you,” Hassan said.that the Proud Boys saw themselves as Trump’s army, turning the president’s words into violent action. Hassan called that “ludicrous,” pointing out that federal law enforcement found no evidence that Tarrio told members to attack the Capitol or made plans for how they could do so.
“Enrique was an entertainer, a lover and a razzle-dazzler,” Hassan said. Tarrio, who was released on Jan. 5 and ordered out of the city, watched the Capitol riot on television from a hotel in Baltimore. It’s “ludicrous,” Hassan said, to believe “he knew everything that was going to happen on Jan. 6 from a hotel miles away.”Hassan emphasized that from November through January Tarrio corresponded regularly with Shane Lamond, a D.C. police lieutenant in charge of intelligence.
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