Tue Sep 12, 2023 – 5:45 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, has been sentenced to a 22-year jail term for his role in the January 6 protests. He told The Gateway Pundit on Friday that he could have received less time if he complied with federal agents who wanted him to falsely admit he helped coordinate the day’s events with President Donald Trump.
Tarrio and three colleagues were convicted by a jury of seditious conspiracy to overthrow the United States government. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, handed down the ruling. His punishment is the longest so far of any of the 1,100 January 6 detainees.
According to Vox.com, more than 100 January 6 protesters have been sentenced to at least two years in prison. Twenty-seven are serving more than five years behind bars.
Proud Boys is a nationalist organization started by VICE Media founder Gavin McInnis in 2016. Exclusively male, it seeks to counteract the growing influence of left-wing groups like Antifa and Black Lives Matter.
The 39-year-old Tarrio was not in Washington, D.C. on January 6, but prosecutors successfully argued that he organized and directed
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