Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

BumRushDaShow

(145,631 posts)
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 07:24 AM 12 hrs ago

Proud Boys Leader, Serving 22 Years For Organizing Jan 6, Released From Prison After Trump Issues Sweeping Pardons

Source: MEDIAite

Jan 20th, 2025, 8:30 pm


Imprisoned former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was processed for release on Monday after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pardoning 1,500 people and commuting six sentences in relation to the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots.

“A lawyer for former proud boys chairman Enrique Tarrio tells me Tarrio is being processed for release from a medium security prison in Louisiana, where he is currently serving a 22 year prison sentence after being convicted of seditious conspiracy for helping to organize the Jan 6th attack,” reported NBC News correspondent Ken Dilanian on Monday evening. “The lawyer does not know what type of clemency he is to receive. But he appears to be getting out of prison.”

Despite the fact that Tarrio was not at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 – having been arrested two days prior – he was charged with seditious conspiracy for the Proud Boys’ role in the Capitol riots and sentenced to 22 years in prison, the longest of any sentence related to January 6.

Tarrio has been serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Manchester in Kentucky. As of reporting, it is not clear whether Tarrio received a pardon or a commutation, however the former Proud Boys leader was not among the names listed for commutation in Trump’s executive order.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/news/proud-boys-leader-serving-22-years-for-organizing-jan-6-released-from-prison-after-trump-issues-sweeping-pardons/

22 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Proud Boys Leader, Serving 22 Years For Organizing Jan 6, Released From Prison After Trump Issues Sweeping Pardons (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP
New leader of the "MAGA Army" Cattledog 12 hrs ago #1
Maybe they'll be smart enough to pick a different color William Seger 7 hrs ago #15
I don't think we've seen or heard the last of Mr. Tarrio. sop 12 hrs ago #2
Disgusting. Sickening. --- I predict he'll end up in prison again... eventually. Oopsie Daisy 12 hrs ago #3
Hopefully he'll end up like Edgar Maddison Welch, tne QAnon "Pizzagate" shooter. sop 12 hrs ago #5
Fingers crossed. Oopsie Daisy 11 hrs ago #6
Or dead. Didn't he turn out to be a snitch? Hassin Bin Sober 4 hrs ago #21
If these criminals hurt, harm, etc............. Lovie777 12 hrs ago #4
You mainstream media types ought to catch up with Tarrio, today. Paladin 11 hrs ago #7
They will make him sound like 'mommy's little boy' travelingthrulife 9 hrs ago #12
I second this gypsy11 6 hrs ago #18
"175 (Jan6 rioters) charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer..." riversedge 10 hrs ago #8
American Terrorists are OK... Kid Berwyn 10 hrs ago #9
Good liberalgunwilltravel 9 hrs ago #10
And when these emboldened criminals commit more crimes intrepidity 9 hrs ago #11
"I'm fine with rioters, as long as they're MY rioters." -Dump, probably sakabatou 9 hrs ago #13
They will always be traitors and felons, always. republianmushroom 8 hrs ago #14
This is a horror. Mickju 7 hrs ago #16
Now he has his storm troopers. BarbD 6 hrs ago #17
One day! Smackdown2019 5 hrs ago #19
Just like the one who pardoned him, he's the least deserving of a pardon mdbl 4 hrs ago #20
This man is quite dangerous. Irish_Dem 1 hr ago #22

William Seger

(11,188 posts)
15. Maybe they'll be smart enough to pick a different color
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 01:02 PM
7 hrs ago

Hopefully, it'll be something that we can see coming a mile away -- maybe Fascist Fuchsia.

sop

(12,032 posts)
5. Hopefully he'll end up like Edgar Maddison Welch, tne QAnon "Pizzagate" shooter.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 07:55 AM
12 hrs ago

Welch, the guy who shot up the D.C restaurant, was recently shot and killed by North Carolina police during a traffic stop.

Paladin

(29,147 posts)
7. You mainstream media types ought to catch up with Tarrio, today.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 08:53 AM
11 hrs ago

He'll probably be in the Capitol, smearing shit on the walls. Knock yourself out, NY Times....

travelingthrulife

(1,214 posts)
12. They will make him sound like 'mommy's little boy'
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:41 AM
9 hrs ago

Turn MSM completely off everyone. They are betraying our country.

gypsy11

(360 posts)
18. I second this
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 01:23 PM
6 hrs ago

We need to start looking for other ways to get news. The MSM isn’t what it used to be. Aside from a few talking heads. And I do mean a few, like you can count them on one hand. MSM is no longer showing us the real picture, it’s manipulated and orchestrated. It’s ALL owed by billionaires that DO NOT have the vast majority of peoples best interest at heart.

The faster we disengage from the old status quo’s, the faster we can begin to rebuild. What used to serve us no longer does. We are at the end of one cycle and the beginning of another. I believe we can rebuild better. I believe we can be a civil, kind, and inclusive society that can thrive. But we need to cut the toxic out before we can make that happen. We need to say no to abuse in ALL forms. This abuse includes manipulation. Which the MSM is very good at.

riversedge

(73,849 posts)
8. "175 (Jan6 rioters) charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer..."
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:30 AM
10 hrs ago




Proud Boys and Oath Keepers among over 1,500 Capitol riot defendants pardoned by Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tiktok-ban-justice-department-enforcement/

10 hours ago
Max Matza
BBC News
Getty Images A man holds a trump flag in the capitolGetty Images

US President Donald Trump issued pardons or commutations for more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection with the US Capitol riot four years ago.

Fourteen members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, two far-right groups, are among those whose sentences were commuted by the new Republican president as he took office on Monday.

Trump also signed an order directing the Department of Justice to drop all pending cases against suspects accused in the riot.

The executive action came shortly after Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the US inside the Capitol, which was stormed by his supporters on 6 January 2021 as lawmakers met to certify Joe Biden's election victory.

During a signing ceremony in the Oval Office on Monday evening, Trump displayed a list of the names of US Capitol riot defendants he said were receiving a pardon.

"These are the hostages, approximately 1,500 for a pardon, full pardon," Trump said. "This is a big one."

"These people have been destroyed," he added. "What they've done to these people is outrageous. There's rarely been anything like it in the history of our country."

The proclamation says that it "ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years and begins a process of national reconciliation".

According to Justice Department figures released earlier this month, approximately 1,583 defendants have been charged with crimes associated with the riot.

More than 600 have been charged with assaulting, resisting or obstructing law enforcement, including around 175 charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer...........................

intrepidity

(7,988 posts)
11. And when these emboldened criminals commit more crimes
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:40 AM
9 hrs ago

I hope the Press is there to scream bloody murder about who let these monsters out! Talk about unleashing your worst criminals on society!

Smackdown2019

(1,266 posts)
19. One day!
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:24 PM
5 hrs ago

One day, it will come forth how the election was stolen again. Perhaps by missing election ballots or the fear of voting and being attacked.

One day,

One day.

Just take each day as another step towards 2028.

Do remember this!

Pardons are pardons. Meaning, it does not proclaim you are innocent. It excuses you of a crime and the punishment of the crime. Meaning, they are still felons, but lessen your punishment.

Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»Proud Boys Leader, Servin...