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

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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.

“This proclamation 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,” wrote Trump. “The Attorney General shall administer and effectuate the immediate issuance of certificates of pardon to all individuals described in section (b) above, and shall ensure that all individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, who are currently held in prison are released immediately.”