Enrique Tarrio, the founder of the right-wing Proud Boys, and several of his lieutenants are to stand trial on Monday for conspiring to use force to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021.
, federal prosecutors allege members of the Proud Boys were violently provoking police and spearheading the charge to break into the building.
Tarrio is charged along with his lieutenants Nordean, Rehl, Biggs and Pezzola and although he was not in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, he is accused of devising the group's efforts that day and cheering them on. A month later, prosecutors say Tarrio — who is from Florida — and other Proud Boys traveled to the nation's capital for a Trump rally. Tarrio stole and burned a Black Lives Matter flag from a local church, an offense to which he pleaded guilty, accepted some responsibility, and But it was not until Trump's Dec. 19, 2020 tweet announcing his rally on Jan. 6 that prosecutors allege the defendants sprung into action.
In January, Tarrio allegedly discussed"revolutions" and"storming" the Capitol, but was arrested upon entry into Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021, for burning the flag a month earlier and violating weapons laws. Prosecutors face the daunting task of working to convince an entire jury that the actions of the Proud Boys members leading up to and during the Capitol attack warrant a conviction on the most severe count so far charged in the Justice Department's investigation.
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