Fresh out of federal prison, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio suggests he’s still in charge as the far-right organization looks to regroup.
The return of battle-hardened leaders ... will further radicalize and fuel recruitment platforms,” said Jacob Ware, a Council on Foreign Relations research fellow.
Tarrio, 42, a Miami native, was serving a 22-year sentence after being convicted in May 2023 of seditious conspiracy.
In 2018, the FBI labeled the Proud Boys an extremist group with white nationalism ties. Who are they and should they have been released from prison?
President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers during the attack on the Capitol and suggests there could be a place in U.S. politics for the Proud Boys extremist group,
We need to find and put them behind bars for what they did. They need to pay for what they did,’ Enrique Tarrio exclaimed on Tuesday night, referencing those who investigated the January 6 Capitol attack.
The red MAGA hat has transformed into a symbol of the country’s willingness to absorb almost anything — any lie, any grievance — into a new, sour normal.
At least [in] the cases we looked at, these were people that actually love our country,’ Trump says of January 6 rioters
Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio arrived back in Miami after he was pardoned this week by President Donald Trump.
Zach Rehl, a former Proud Boys leader whose sentence was commuted by Trump, is speaking out in his first television interview.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes were released from prison following President Donald Trump's pardon for Jan. 6 rioters.