Reuters reports:
A judge has denied the latest request by Enrique Tarrio, the former top leader of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, for release from jail while he awaits trial on criminal charges relating to last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.
In an order issued late on Friday night, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said the evidence against Tarrio is “very strong” and that measures like a bond and home confinement “do not adequately mitigate the threat of dangerousness Tarrio poses.”
Prosecutors said Tarrio maintained an active leadership role behind the scenes on Jan. 6, forcefully telling his followers on social media not to leave the Capitol, and later, in the encrypted chat, telling them: “We did this.”
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The evidence against Enrique Tarrio is “very strong,” Judge Timothy Kelly said, and measures like a bond and home confinement “do not adequately mitigate the threat of dangerousness Tarrio poses.”https://t.co/gKwgTYs8DK
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