Proud Boys Lose Bid To Toss Charges Or Move DC Trial

Law & Crime reports:

A federal judge rejected an 11th-hour attempt by Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and co-defendants Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola to dismiss three counts of a superseding indictment charging them with conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, civil disorder, and destruction of government property.

The defense lawyers argued that because the underlying statutes to those three particular charges lack an “overt-act element” — meaning that action was taken in furtherance of the alleged conspiracy — that D.C. is not the right place to try the case.

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