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☆ Seeking Link to Trump, Prosecutors Questioned Proud Boys Leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During that meeting, Mr. Tarrio recounted on Friday in a phone interview from jail, the prosecutors told him that they believed he had communicated in the run-up to the riot with President Donald J. Trump through at least three intermediaries. The prosecutors, Mr. Tarrio said, offered him leniency if he could corroborate their theory. Mr. Tarrio said he told them they were wrong. And the discussion with prosecutors — which took place in Miami, Mr. Tarrio’s hometown — apparently went nowhere. Mr. Tarrio was later convicted of seditious conspiracy in federal court in Washington and was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Tarrio, Donald J, —, Tarrio’s Organizations: Capitol, Trump Locations: Miami, Washington

☆ Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets 22 years in Jan 6 case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Tarrio was the ultimate leader of that conspiracy. Mr. Tarrio was the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who organized, who was motivated by revolutionary zeal.”Prosecutors said Tarrio had remained in touch with the Proud Boys group and monitored their actions. “He was on a tier of his own,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Conor Mulroe said, adding Tarrio was a uniquely influential figure among the Proud Boys. Prosecutors had asked Kelly to sentence Tarrio to 33 years behind bars, saying he helped direct the attack from Baltimore. Kelly last week sentenced another far-right Proud Boys leader, Ethan Nordean, to 18 years.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Donald Trump, Hannah McKay, Timothy Kelly, Donald Trump’s, Tarrio, Joe Biden’s, Trump, ”, Conor Mulroe, Prosecutors, Kelly, Ethan Nordean, Stewart Rhodes, “, Jan, Jack Smith Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S . Capitol, REUTERS, U.S, Trump, ” Prosecutors, Boys, Capitol Locations: Washington , U.S, Miami, Washington, Baltimore

☆ Ex-Proud Boys leader to be sentenced for role in US Capitol attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

FILE PHOTO: Members of the far-right Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (C), rally in support of U.S. President Donald Trump to protest against the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington, U.S. November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former chairman of the right-wing Proud Boys group is set to be sentenced on Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump trying to overturn his election defeat. Kelly last week sentenced another far-right Proud Boys leader, Ethan Nordean, to 18 years, less than the 27 years prosecutors had sought. That prison term tied the longest handed down so far to a convicted leader of the attack, with Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes in May also sentenced to 18 years. Five people, including a police officer, died during or shortly after the riot and more than 140 police officers were injured.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Donald Trump, Hannah McKay, Trump, Timothy Kelly, Kelly, Ethan Nordean, Stewart Rhodes, May, Jack Smith Organizations: REUTERS, WASHINGTON, U.S, Capitol, Republican, Prosecutors Locations: Washington , U.S, Washington, Baltimore

"Mr. Tarrio was the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who organized, who was motivated by revolutionary zeal,” U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said prior to announcing the sentence. “That conspiracy ended up with about 200 men amped up for battle encircling the Capitol.”Tarrio’s is the latest in a series of sentencings for former Proud Boys members convicted of seditious conspiracy. Notably, Tarrio was not among the hundreds of other Proud Boys members who breached the Capitol. Tarrio was released the next day but ordered to leave the city, so he watched and gave commands from a hotel in Baltimore. “There’s no comparing anybody that was there – including myself – with George Washington or any of the Founding Fathers,” Tarrio said.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Donald Trump, Tarrio, Timothy Kelly, Tarrio’s, Joseph Biggs, Zach Rehl, Dominic Pezzola, Ethan Nordean, Nayib Hassan, Stewart Rhodes, Rhodes, –, ” Kelly, “, throngs, ”, George Washington, ” Tarrio Organizations: Capitol, Proud Boys, New, Boys, Trump, U.S . Locations: U.S, Philadelphia, Seattle, Washington, Baltimore, United States

☆ Enrique Tarrio: Prosecutors ask for 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Prosecutors are seeking a 33-year prison sentence for Tarrio which, if given, would be the longest sentence related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. Tarrio is the last of five Proud Boys defendants to be sentenced. He and three other members of the Proud Boys leadership were found guilty of seditious conspiracy. District Judge Timothy Kelly has consistently gone far below previous Justice Department sentencing requests for Proud Boys members convicted in this case. Tarrio’s lawyer Sabino Jauregui fiercely fought additional terrorism sentencing penalties Tuesday, saying that “it was not his intention to bring down the United States government, or overthrow the United States government.”“My client is no terrorist,” Jauregui said.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Prosecutors, Tarrio, Timothy Kelly, Kelly, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Dominic Pezzola, Tarrio’s, Sabino Jauregui, ”, ” Jauregui, “, Biggs, Nordean Organizations: CNN, Boys, Proud Boys, Department, United, Capitol, Congress Locations: Washington , DC, Tarrio, United States, Washington ,

☆ Former Proud Boys Leader Sentenced to 22 Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys, was sentenced this afternoon to 22 years in prison for organizing a gang of his pro-Trump followers to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power. It was the most severe penalty handed down so far to any of the more than 1,100 rioters charged in connection with the Capitol attack, and no other defendant faces accusations as serious. Two others — another Proud Boys leader as well as Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers militia — had received 18-year sentences. The Justice Department has all but decapitated the group’s national leadership and mostly put an end to its involvement in often-violent pro-Trump rallies. Still, the Proud Boys as a whole have persisted as “foot soldiers for the right,” in the words of one member who testified for the government at Tarrio’s trial, and have inserted themselves into conflicts at the local level.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Stewart Rhodes, — Organizations: Trump, Capitol, The, Department

☆ Ex-Leader of Proud Boys Sentenced to 22 Years in Jan. 6 Sedition Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison for the central role he played in organizing a gang of his pro-Trump followers to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power. Until now, the longest prison term connected to Jan. 6 had been 18 years. That sentence was issued last week to Ethan Nordean, one of Mr. Tarrio’s co-defendants. The penalty imposed on Mr. Tarrio at a three-hour hearing in Federal District Court in Washington was the final sentence to be lodged against the five members of the Proud Boys who were tried on seditious conspiracy charges earlier this year. Three other men in the case — Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola — were each sentenced last week to between 10 and 17 years in prison.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Tarrio’s, Stewart Rhodes, Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Dominic Pezzola — Organizations: Trump, Capitol, Mr, Federal, Court Locations: Washington

☆ Opinion | Enrique Tarrio Is a Curious Case of Latino White Supremacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Yarimar Bonilla | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Mr. Tarrio’s case seems particularly vexing given his Afro-Cuban heritage, but being Hispanic does not insulate you from racism. Some people simply “don’t see themselves as what they are,” Ana Navaro said on “The View” in May. For many of us, filling out a job application or medical form can lead to an existential crisis. Mr. Tarrio himself employed this logic in his defense, claiming that he cannot be a white supremacist because he is of Cuban descent. After all, Eurocentrism and racism has been a hallmark of most Latin American nations.

Persons: Tarrio’s, ” Ana Navaro, Tarrio, Trump Organizations: Dominican Locations: Cuban, Miami, Latin America, United States, Dominican Republic

☆ 33 Years, Stiffest Jan. 6 Sentence So Far, Sought for Proud Boys Leaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Federal prosecutors recommended on Thursday that two top leaders of the far-right Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol be sentenced to 33 years in prison, the stiffest penalties requested so far out of more than 1,000 people charged in the sprawling investigation. In seeking to severely punish the two Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the group, and Joseph Biggs, one of Mr. Tarrio’s top lieutenants, prosecutors asked the judge in the case to increase their sentences with what is known as a terrorism enhancement. “The defendants understood the stakes, and they embraced their role in bringing about a ‘revolution,’” the prosecutors wrote in a 155-page filing to Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the U.S. District Court in Washington. “They failed. They are not heroes; they are criminals.”

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Tarrio’s, ’, Timothy J, Kelly, “, ”, Donald J Organizations: Capitol, U.S, Trump Locations: Washington

☆ ‘Don’t freak out’: Notes from defense table during the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A note from the defense table during the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial. A note from the defense table during the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial. In one note, however, someone at the defense table took issue with prosecutors’ characterization of the Proud Boys marches. A note from the defense table during the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial. It’s unclear what the doodle refers to, though the Proud Boys have adopted the rooster as a symbol.

Ali Alexander said he believed White House wanted him to lead rallygoers to Capitol "Stop The Steal" organizer Ali Alexander believed the White House wanted him to lead attendees of Trump's Jan. 6 rally to the Capitol, the report said. Alex Jones, who has claimed the White House told him to lead the march, texted Wren at 12:27 p.m. Finally one of the staffers told Trump they thought he should focus on his speech. Trump told Jan. 6 demonstrators at the Capitol in a Twitter video that he loved them but that they should go home. The information was expected to be available as soon as Thursday — the day the House Jan. 6 committee is set to issue its final report on the riot.

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