JUST ANNOUNCED: Enrique Tarrio, former Proud Boys Leader, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. Enrique Tarrio was found guilty of seditious conspiracy and obstructing official proceedings last May. He led a failed plot to forcibly prevent the peaceful transfer of power from… pic.twitter.com/5z74d9ih7A
— Tony – Resistance (@TonyHussein4) September 5, 2023
UPDATED per Judge Kelly: Enrique Tarrio was the ringleader in this conspiracy. Judge said the Sentencing guidelines in Tarrio's case is 324 months to 405 months
27-33 years. Justice Dept. Seeking 33 years.
Thread below. https://t.co/Uw7vKQSzfF— TracyMTindle (@tindle_tracy) September 5, 2023
““There was a very real possibility that we were going to wake up on January 7 in a full-blown constitutional crisis with the federal government in complete chaos,” said a federal prosecutor.
@dnlbrns: https://t.co/O1mOHNLXP0
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) September 5, 2023
Tarrio of Proud Boys tells court (reports @kyledcheney), "There’s no comparing anybody that was there – including myself – with George Washington or any of the Founding Fathers. We invoked 1776 and the Constitution….That was a perversion." Jan. 6 was "a national embarrassment."
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 5, 2023
