1 of 1 Enrique Tarrio during a Proud Boys group event in Portland, USA on August 17, 2019 Photo: Noah Berger/AP Enrique Tarrio during a Proud Boys group event in Portland, USA on August 17, 2019 Photo : Noah Berger/AP
Enrique Tarrio, former leader of the farright group Proud Boys, was sentenced this Tuesday (5) to 22 years in prison, the harshest sentence in connection with the attack on the Capitol, seat of the American legislature, on January 6, 2021.
“On this day, our unbroken tradition of the peaceful transfer of power was broken,” U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said during a fourhour hearing in Washington.
Prosecutors had asked for a 33year prison sentence for Tarrio, who was not in the American capital on January 6, 2021, but was accused of commanding the attack on the Capitol carried out by members of the Proud Boys.
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Another member of the extremist group, 32yearold Ethan Nordean, was sentenced to 18 years in prison by Judge Kelly last week.
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the farright Oath Keepers militia and a key figure in the attack on the Capitol, was sentenced to 18 years in prison earlier this year.