(EFE)
Along with Tarrio, the other three Proud Boys members found guilty on these charges are Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl.
For that charge alone, each of the four could face up to 20 years in prison.
There is one other defendant, Dominic Pezzola, who is still awaiting the jury’s verdict on this particular charge because he was not a member of the Proud Boys leadership or active in their chats when the attack on the US Congress building took place. .
Despite this, the judge has ordered the jury to continue deliberating on Pezzola and other charges against Tarrio, Nordean, Biggs and Rehl.
Additionally, these four Proud Boys leaders were found guilty of conspiring to obstruct the certification of the results of the November 2020 election in which Democrat Joe Biden won then-President Donald Trump.
“Today’s ruling demonstrates that the Justice Department will do everything in its power to defend the American people and democracy.”
The jury also found the five guilty of the third count of conspiracy for interfering with the functions of members of Congress that day.
“Today’s ruling shows that the Justice Department will do everything in its power to defend the American people and democracy,” US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in an appearance to the press.
Garland asserted that the attack on the Capitol was “one of the largest, most complex and resource-intensive investigations in history,” resulting in 600 convictions to date.
The verdicts came after seven days of deliberations in a federal court in Washington. The trial was the latest of three major sedition cases federal prosecutors had brought against key figures in the Capitol attack.
Throughout the trial, prosecutors displayed messages and videos released by the defendants themselves and other members of the group, calling for violence and revolution against the change in the country’s presidency. According to the indictment, the messages spoke of the need for “war”, “revolution” and the execution of traitors.
On January 6, 2021, about 10,000 people — the majority of Trump supporters — marched on the Capitol and about 800 stormed the Capitol as Congress met to confirm Biden’s election victory. Five people died and about 140 agents were attacked.
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