The Cost of Sedition
Enrique Tarrio and the leaders of the white supremacist group the Proud Boys were given lengthily prison sentences for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the January 6 Attack on the Capitol.
During the September 29, 2020 presidential debate, Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacist groups and instead told the Proud Boys to "Stand back and stand by." 104 days later, the Proud Boys lead the attack on on the U.S. Capitol after Trump told his supporters to come to the "Big protests in D.C. on January 6th," promising it "will be wild!" FBI Director Christopher said, “Today’s sentencing demonstrates that those who attempted to undermine the workings of American democracy will be held criminally accountable.”
Prosecutors had sought a 33-year sentence for former Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio. (Allison Dinner/AP)
Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years for Jan. 6, Washington Post | 9/5/2023
By Tom Jackman and Spencer S. Hsu
Convicted of seditious conspiracy, he recruited a group of 200 to march on the Capitol, though he wasn’t in D.C. that day
Video: Trump tells Proud Boys: 'Stand back and stand by', Associated Press | 9/29/2020
President Donald Trump declined to clearly condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence during Tuesday's first presidential debate, at one point telling the neo-fascist group "Proud Boys" to "stand back and stand by." (Sept. 29)