The new riot-related charges against the leader of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys are among the most serious filed so far, but they aren’t the first of their kind.
and leader Elmer “Stewart” Rhodes and others in an underground parking garage for approximately 30 minutes.Tarrio was scheduled to appear in federal court in Miami later in the day. The arrest came as federal prosecutors won a conviction on all counts in the first trial for a rioter since the attack.
Tarrio, who has since stepped down from his post as Proud Boys chairman, didn’t immediately respond to a text message seeking comment on his arrest and indictment. He served five months for the unrelated case. Just before Congress convened a joint session to certify the presidential election results, a group of Proud Boys followed a crowd of people who breached barriers at a pedestrian entrance to the Capitol grounds, an indictment says. Several Proud Boys also entered the Capitol building itself after the mob smashed windows and forced open doors.