The Justice Department has charged Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four other top members with seditious conspiracy in connection to the US Capitol riot
These are the most aggressive charges brought by the Justice Department against the Proud Boys, and are the first allegations by prosecutors that the group tried to oppose by force the presidential transfer of power.Tarrio and his co-defendants previously pleaded not guilty to an earlier slate of charges.The new indictment adds fresh details about what Proud Boys leaders said on January 6, 2021.
"The four men charged alongside Tarrio in the indictment are Ethan Nordean, the"sergeant at arms" of the Proud Boys and president of his local chapter; Joseph Biggs, a self-described organizer of Proud Boys events; Zachary Rehl, who runs the Philadelphia chapter of the Proud Boys; and Dominic Pezzola, a New York Proud Boy who goes by"Spaz."All five were previously indicted on less serious conspiracy charges The defendants are set to be in court later this week.
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