Proud Boys Leader Tarrio Gets 22 Years Over US Capitol Riot
- US sought 33 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack
- Prison sentence is longest among 1,100 people prosecuted
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio.
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Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former chairman of the far-right Proud Boys, was ordered to serve 22 years in prison for his role in a seditious plot to halt the US government’s peaceful transfer of power, the stiffest punishment so far for those involved in the attack on the nation’s Capitol.
Tarrio, 39, was sentenced Tuesday by US District Judge Timothy Kelly in Washington. Previously, the longest sentence among more than 1,100 prosecutions tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot was 18 years for Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and for another Proud Boys leader, Ethan Nordean.