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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Kunzelman | Associated Press

Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Prosecutors had sought a 33-year sentence for Enrique Tarrio. Before the sentence was handed down, Tarrio pleaded for leniency, saying Jan. 6 was a “national embarrassment.” (Associated Press)

WASHINGTON — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.

Tarrio’s sentence is the longest so far among more than 1,100 Capitol riot cases, topping the 18-year sentences that Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one-time Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean each received after juries convicted them of seditious conspiracy and other charges.

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