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Tue Mar 8, 2022, 11:54 AM
Mar 2022

Here's Carliss' article:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/08/henry-enrique-tarrio-proud-boys-charged-conspiracy-capitol-attack/9424131002/

FBI agents arrested Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, former national chairman of extremist group the Proud Boys, in a dawn raid Tuesday in Florida on conspiracy charges in relation to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Tarrio, who will make his initial court appearance today, was named in a superseding indictment that includes five previously charged Proud Boys defendants.

The indictment is unusual because Tarrio was not present at the Capitol on Jan. 6. He was arrested two days prior to the insurrection on unrelated charges by Metropolitan D.C. police and was barred by a judge from protesting in the city on Jan. 6.

Federal authorities have reportedly been investigating Tarrio's activities in the run-up to the insurrection, including a brief meeting in a downtown Washington parking garage between the Proud Boys leader and Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers militia group who is also facing conspiracy charges...

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