Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who received lengthy prison sentences for seditious conspiracy related to the January 6 Capitol attack, were released from prison after President Donald Trump pardoned, commuted, or ordered the dismissal of cases against over 1,500 defendants involved in the riot.
The former leader of the Proud Boys and the founder of the Oath Keepers have been released from prison after their lengthy sentences for seditious conspiracy in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol were wiped away by a sweeping order from President Donald Trump benefiting more than 1500 defendants.
Trump’s action paved the way for the release of extremist group leaders convicted in major conspiracy cases, as well people who violently attacked law enforcement officers defending the Capitol.Tarrio, who led the neofacist Proud Boys group as it became a force in mainstream Republican circles, was convicted in 2023 of seditious conspiracy and other crimes after a months long trial on allegations that he orchestrated violence to overturn Biden’s 2020 victory over Trump.
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