Former Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio is being sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday for leading a failed plot to forcibly prevent the peaceful transfer of power from thenPresident Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the election . Prosecutors are seeking a year prison sentence for Tarrio which if given would be the longest sentence related to the January US Capitol attack . Tarrio apologized for the pain and suffering that law enforcement legislators and others suffered on January and vowed to have nothing to do with politics groups activism or rallies . The Proud Boys organization led by Tarrio were not just a drop in the bucket when it comes to the violence on January Mulroe said. The group had an integral role in that first breach at the Capitol Mulroe . The actions of that group were absolutely pivotal on January followed directly the plotting and planning of Tarrio, prosecutors said . Zachary Rehl a local Proud Boys chapter leader was sentenced to years behind bars while Dominic Pezzola a lowlevel member and the only defendant acquitted of the seditious conspiracy charge was sentencing to years in prison . The only person convicted of the . Proud Boys member was acquitted of a seditious charge but was found guilty of a range of other charges but not guilty of other counts of other felony charges by a judge who said that Tarrio was a ‘toxic ability to control others who increased his own fame and stature by fanning the flame of violence political violence . He said that it was not his intention to bring down the . government. The judge has consistently gone far below the Proud Boys. The only defendant that was convicted of a criminal. to be convicted of committing a crime. He said he is not a terrorist. It was not a criminal criminal. It is not an unlawful act of unlawful intent. The
Prosecutors ask for 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio
