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Proud Boys members convicted over US Capitol attack

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Chairman Enrique Tarrio and three others were found guilty of seditious conspiracy.

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Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio is accused of directing members in the Jan 6, 2021 storming of the US Capitol. (AP pic)

WASHINGTON:
Four members of the far-right Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy today for their roles in the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, US media reported.

Enrique Tarrio, the former “national chairman” of the Proud Boys, and three other members of the neofascist organisation were found guilty after a high-profile trial in the nation’s capital.

The jury deadlocked over the seditious conspiracy charge against one other Proud Boys member, but all five were also convicted of obstruction of Congress.

Tarrio and the other defendants were accused of trying to stop the certification by Congress of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential election victory over Donald Trump.

Tarrio was not in Washington on Jan 6, 2021 but was accused of directing the storming of the Capitol by members of the Proud Boys.

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