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By: Real America News Updated 21 Sea 2022, 0: 16 am EDT
Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys, will remain in jail while awaiting trial for his participation in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, a federal judge decided on Tuesday.
The Department of Justice had argued that Tarrio, if released, would be a danger to the community, pointing out his leadership of the far-right group from afar, during the attack on January 6, 2020 to the United States Capitol and pride in his destructiveness, according to CNN.
Tarrio is the latest high-profile defendant charged by the Department of Justice in its extensive investigation on January 6.
“January 6 has already passed, but there is no reason to think that Enrique Tarrio did not plan another incident”, prosecutor Jason McCullough said Tuesday in court in Miami. An FBI agent also testified in court.
“Based on the convincing evidence of Tarrio’s leadership in this conspiracy, there are no conditions of release that can reasonably ensure the safety of the community or the defendant’s appearance in court. , in addition to his alleged efforts to evade law enforcement, he poses a risk of obstructing justice if released,” the department said in a federal court filing.
Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis of the Southern District of Florida agreed with the Justice Department’s warnings and noted that she also there was a threat that Enrique Parrio could flee, after being accused of criminal conspiracy as the alleged planner of the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
The ruling came one day after federal prosecutors filed a motion asking the judge to detain Tarrio, saying he presents a flight risk and also a risk of obstructing justice in the case.
In a court filing of 21 pages on Monday, the Department o de Justicia said he had damning encrypted messages between Tarrio and other Proud Boys who were invited to participate in a new chapter that Tarrio created in December 2020 called “Ministry of Self-Defense” or “MOSD”, for its acronym in English.
Enrique Tarrio was added to an existing case against several other Proud Boys leaders and a man the Justice Department believes was the first person to break into a Senate-side window , allowing the crowd to rush toward the elected officials inside.
Other members of the Proud Boys are also in custody and awaiting trial.
As alleged in the indictment, since or about December of 2020, Tarrio and his co-defendants, all leaders or members of the Ministry of Self-Defense, conspired n to corruptly obstruct, influence and prevent an official procedure, the certification of the vote of the Electoral College.
On January 6, the defendants directed, mobilized, and herded members of the crowd onto the Capitol grounds and into the Capitol, prompting the dismantling of metal barricades, destruction of property and attacks on law enforcement.
Prosecutors said in their Monday filing that Tarrio is accused of a serious criminal conspiracy and they stated that “the danger that this plot represents shows an extreme disregard for the safety of the community and the laws of the United States.”
Prosecutors said in their Monday filing that Tarrio is accused of a serious criminal conspiracy and they affirmed that “the danger that represents this plot shows extreme disregard for the safety of the community and the laws of the United States.”
Tarrio was previously arrested and was in in jail for destroying the Black Lives Matter sign from a church in downtown DC. He was not in town on January 6, having been ordered by a judge to leave due to his arrest days earlier.
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