Jury convicts Proud Boys members of seditious conspiracy in US Capitol attack | ABC News

A jury has convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group including its former leader Enrique Tarrio of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a failed bid to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election victory. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-05/us-jury-convicts-proud-boys-members-over-capitol-attack/102306066

The convictions after a trial lasting nearly four months handed another victory to the US Justice Department as it pursues criminal charges against more than 1,000 people arising from the Capitol rampage by supporters of Republican then-President Donald Trump.

Several members of another far-right militia group, the Oath Keepers, were convicted in earlier trials.

In addition to Tarrio, Proud Boys members Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl were convicted of seditious conspiracy — a plot to oppose the government with force — under a Civil War-era law.

Conviction on the charge can carry up to 20 years in prison.

The jury also found Tarrio, Nordean, Biggs, Rehl and Dominic Pezzola, the only defendant who did not play a leadership role in the Proud Boys, guilty of other felonies.

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