Former Proud Boys leader Tarrio gets 22 years for seditious conspiracy

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio received a 22-year prison sentence on Tuesday after a jury convicted him of seditious conspiracy.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued the sentence, which is to date the longest of any for a Jan. 6 defendant, CNN reported. Prosecutors had sought a 33-year sentence.

"The jury didn’t convict anyone for engaging in politics, they convicted Mr. Tarrio and others of engaging in seditious conspiracy. I don’t have any indication that he is remorseful for the actual things he is convicted of, which is seditious conspiracy and conspiracy to obstruct the counting of electoral votes," Kelly said.

Tarrio's sentencing had been delayed by Kelly's illness. 

The former Proud Boys chairman was convicted in early May of seditious conspiracy, alongside Joseph Biggs, Ethan Nordean and Zachary Rehul, all of whom were members of the group. An additional member, Dominic Pezzola, was acquitted of seditious conspiracy but convicted on other charges. 

He received a 10-year sentence from Kelly last week.

"The reality is you were the one who did it. You were the one who smashed that window in and let people begin to stream into the Capitol building and threaten the lives of our lawmakers," Kelly told him at the sentencing.

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