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Proud Boys leader Tarrio, 4 top lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy
An indictment handed up by a federal grand jury in D.C. makes the Proud Boys the second far-right group whose members face the rare charge in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, following the Oath Keepers and its founder Stewart RhodesA new 10-count superseding indictment returned Monday morning charges Tarrio, Pezzola and three other existing co-defendants — Ethan Nordean, of Seattle, Joe Biggs, of Ormond Beach, Fla., and Zachary Rehl, of Philadelphia — with “opposing the lawful transfer of presidential power by force,” eventually mustering and coordinating the movements of as many as 300 people around the Capitol that day. The defendants are accused of fomenting and spearheading a riot that stormed the Capitol, eventually forcing the evacuation of Congress as it met to confirm the 2020 election results.