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Pedro Camacho

Former Proud Boys Chairman Seeks Multimillion-Dollar Payout From Trump DOJ Fund: 'Everyone Deserves to Get Money'

Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio (Credit: Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio said he plans to seek millions of dollars from the Trump administration's newly created $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund," arguing that January 6 defendants were politically targeted by the Justice Department.

"I'm not greedy," Tarrio told Reuters. "But my life was all fucked up because of this." Tarrio, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy related to the January 6 Capitol attack before being pardoned by President Donald Trump, said he expected to seek between $2 million and $5 million from the fund.

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