Enrique Tarrio is officially seeking a pardon for the seditious conspiracy conviction he received as punishment for plotting and orchestrating violence on Jan. 6 2021. In a letter sent to President-elect Donald Trump, dated Jan. 6 of this year, Tarrio’s lawyer describes his client as guilty of nothing more than exercising his “freedom of expression.”
Tarrio was the leader of the Proud Boys in the buildup to the violence at the Capitol. Tarrio had recruited an elite corp of militants, dubbed the “Ministry of Self Defense,” to rep the militant group in Washington, D.C., and blend into the crowd. On the day of the violence, Tarrio was barred from the nation’s capital by a judicial order for an unrelated offense. But Tarrio monitored the unfolding violence and offered a mix of orders (“Don’t fucking leave”) as his subordinates led the charge into the Capitol, as…
