The leader of the Proud Boys, one of the main rightwing militia groups in the US, was arrested Tuesday over his role in the assault against the US Capitol last year, officials say.
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 38, has been indicted on conspiracy and other charges along with five other members of the organization, said Matthew Graves, US attorney for the District of Columbia, who is leading the sprawling probe into the insurrection targeting the seat of US democracy on January 6, 2021.
Tarrio, a fervent supporter of Donald Trump, is not accused of physically breaching the US Capitol along with a hundreds-strong mob of the then-US president’s supporters, who overran the building that houses Congress on January 6, 2021, as lawmakers gathered to certify Joe Biden’s election win over Trump.
Rather, the indictment states that Tarrio “led the advance planning and remained in contact with other members of the Proud Boys during their breach of the Capitol.”
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