Proud Boys Leader, Enrique Tarrio and Other Top Members Charged With Seditious Conspiracy

Yesterday, the Justice Department charged the head of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, and four other leaders with seditious conspiracy in the Capitol Riots. These mark the most aggressive charges brought by the Justice Department against the Proud Boys and are the first allegations by prosecutors that the group tried to oppose by force the presidential transfer of power. Tarrio and his co-defendants previously pleaded not guilty to an earlier list of charges. Prosecutors accuse the five defendants of working together to intimidate members of congress and law enforcement and prompt them to flee which prevented them from performing their official duties. The four men charged alongside Tarrio are Ethan Nordean, Joseph Briggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola.