Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio’s sentencing was cancelled today and rescheduled until 5 September, the Justice Department announced.
Tarrio has been found guilty of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases stemming from the Janaury 6 attack, when a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters breached the halls of Congress to prevent Joe Biden’s election victory.
Tarrio is now among four members of the self-described “Western chauvinist” gang facing decades in prison after they were found guilty in May of seditious conspiracy and other charges.
Prosecutors are seeking 33 years in prison for Tarrio and Joe Biggs, what would be the longest sentences from the hundreds of cases related to the attack. The longest sentence thus far was handed to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Fellow Proud Boys Ethan Nordean, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola also could faced 20 to 30 years in prison at their sentencing hearings.
Prosecutors have said the men “organised and directed a force of nearly 200 to attack the heart of our democracy” and “intentionally positioned themselves at the vanguard of political violence in this country.”