Tarrio is now among the most high-profile defendants to face charges in connection with the attack that resulted in five deaths and left more than 140 police officers injured.
returned Monday in the District of Columbia alongside five other previously charged associates of the Proud Boys, a neofacist group that advocates for political violence in the United States. He is expected to make an initial court appearance on Tuesday in Florida’s southern district.
“The indictment alleges that Tarrio nonetheless continued to direct and encourage the Proud Boys prior to and during the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and that he claimed credit for what had happened on social media and in an encrypted chat room during and after the attack,” according to the Justice Department announcement.
“He wasn’t there and he had nothing to do with anything that happened at the Capitol that day,” the post stated.