Enrique Tarrio, former leader of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, has requested a pardon from Donald Trump on the fourth anniversary of the Capitol attack. His lawyer argues Tarrio's role was minimal and that his prison conditions are inhumane.
The leader of the Proud Boys , Enrique Tarrio , who was convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to 22 years in prison, has requested a full and complete pardon from President-elect Donald Trump on the fourth anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Tarrio's lawyer, Nayib Hassan, wrote to Trump that the former leader of the extremist group is a “young man with an aspiring future ahead of him,” and argued that Tarrio was “portrayed throughout the government’s case as a right-wing extremist that promoted a neo-fascist militant organization.” Hassan wrote that because Tarrio was arrested on Jan. 4, 2021, for unrelated charges, and was ordered out of Washington, D.C., he did not “partake in the rally that took place on January 6, 2021.”Hassan also lamented that his client has been placed in a special housing unit in prison where he can “only see the outside of his cell for one hour a day,” and argued that this is a “cruel and an unusual punishment” that has negatively affected Tarrio’s mental health.Tarrio was convicted in May 2023 for seditious conspiracy and a slew of other charges, including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to prevent officials from discharging their duties, impeding officers during civil disorder and more. At thesame three weeks earlier. It was, prosecutors said, a convenient way to establish an alibi for his whereabouts on Jan. 6.about leaking insider information to Tarrio in the days leading up to the Capitol attack. Through hundreds of text messages, prosecutors showed an intimate relationship between the men, with Lamond calling Tarrio “brother” and alerting the Proud Boys leader that a warrant for his arrest for the destruction of the banner was likely.in Baltimore, busily texting with other Proud Boys and whipping people into a frenzy on social media. Tarrio did not have to be at the site of the riot to sanction what unfolded there, Assistant U.S. Attorney Connor Mulroe argued at tria
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