The former leader of the Proud Boys has been convicted of orchestrating a plot for members of the far-right extremist group to attack the US Capitol in the January 6 riots as a desperate bid to keep Donald Trump in power.
Former leader Enrique Tarrio was convicted today, Thursday, May 4, by a jury in Washington DC who found him guilty of seditious conspiracy after hearing from dozens of witnesses over more than three months in one of the biggest cases brought in the attack which unfolded on January 6, 2021, while the world watched after Republican Donald Trump had lost the 2020 election.
