Enrique Tarrioformer leader of the American far-right group Proud Boys, He was sentenced this Tuesday to 22 years in prison, the harshest sentence hitherto imposed by attack on capitol of the United States on January 6, 2021. Due to the fact that the former president Donald Trump will be impeached in 2024.
“On that day our unbroken tradition of the peaceful transfer of power was broken”said U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly during a nearly four-hour hearing in Washington.
Prosecutors had asked for a 33-year prison term for tarry, that he was not in the US capital that January 6 but was accused of directing the assault on Congress by members of the Proud Boys.
Tarrio, 39, and several other members of that militia were convicted of seditious conspiracy. in May for his role in trying to prevent the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory over Republican Donald Trump.
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A United States court sentenced on August 30 two of the group’s leaders to 17 and 15 years in prison, respectively.
One of the condemned is Joseph Biggs, an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who led about 200 members of Proud Boys to the Capitol to try to overturn Biden’s victory declaration by force. the other is Zachary Rehl, He received a sentence of 15 years.
Later, on September 1, he was sentenced Dominic Pezzola, to 10 years in prison with a supervised release of three, along with a $700 fine.
Pezzola was the first to break one of the building’s windows with a riot shield, thus allowing the mob to enter, after which it was videotaped.
Another member of the Proud Boys, Ethan Nordean, 32, was sentenced by Judge Kelly last week to 18 years in jail.
Stewart Rhodes, founder of another far-right militia instrumental in the siege of the Capitol, the Oath Keepers, he was also sentenced to 18 years in prison earlier this year.
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The former president of USA, donald trumpinvolved in multiple judicial investigationsreceived a letter from the prosecution in mid-July suggesting that he will be charged criminally for the attacks on the capitol by his supporters on January 6, 2021, in the last days of his presidency.
The tycoon was accused by the violent attack by his supporters on the Capitol in Washington days before Joe Biden arrives at the White House. More than 1,000 people were detained and 350 were accused of assaulting the police.
True to his style, he considered that it is a “Witch hunt” and “a complete and total use of law enforcement as a political weapon.”
A parliamentary commission made up mainly of Democrats, destined to investigate these facts, affirmed that the former president had incentivized his supporters before the attack and “failed in his duty as commander in chief” during the violent acts.
Source: Ambito
