Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down so far in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Tarrio was convicted in May on several charges including seditious conspiracy — a felony involving attempting “to overthrow, put down or to destroy by force the government of the United States” — for his role in planning the storming of the Capitol, when thousands of supporters of Donald Trump tried to stop Congress from certifying the election that the outgoing president has falsely claimed was rigged.
Federal prosecutors had sought a 33-year
