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Far-right Oath Keepers, ex-Proud Boys leaders released after Trump pardons

Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio were among the individuals accused of planning violence on January 6, 2021, the day of the attack on the US Capitol [Reuters]

Two major far-right figures in the United States have been released from prison, just hours after President Donald Trump issued pardons for more than 1,500 people charged for their involvement in the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

A lawyer for Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group, said he was released on Tuesday. He had been sentenced to 22 years in prison.

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