Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and several other members of the far-right group were found guilty of seditious conspiracy Thursday in connection with the U.S. Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. Read more:
. Each member, except Pezzola, faced nine counts, including seditious conspiracy, a rare charge under a Civil War-era statute, and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. A person convicted on the rarely used seditious conspiracy charge could face up to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors argued that Tarrio was part of the conspiracy because he spent that day at a hotel in Baltimore after being banned from Washington, D.C., on January 5. In an encrypted message shown during the trial, Tarrio acknowledged receiving a message from someone who wanted to"storm the Capitol," but the former Proud Boys leader didn't directly agree with that plan.
U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly said the jury reached only a partial verdict and that verdicts on other charges were still being read. The jury is divided on whether Pezzola is guilty of seditious conspiracy and obstructing an official proceeding, but Kelly ordered jurors to continue deliberating about multiple charges.
Members of the Proud Boys gather for anti-mandate protest against the Covid-19 vaccine as part of a 'Global Freedom Movement' in New York on November 20, 2021. Several members of the far-right group Proud Boys were found guilty of seditious conspiracy Thursday in connection to the U.S. Capitol attack on January 6, 2021.
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