Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys group who received a 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy related to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol in 2021, has formally asked Donald Trump for a pardon.

A jury convicted Tarrio of helping to orchestrate the insurrection. At the time of the attack, Tarrio had been banned from the city by prosectors for burning a stolen banner from a historic Black church in December 2020 during a protest march against Trump’s election loss.

In his pardon request, Tarrio claims he was targeted unfairly by the Biden administration. Trump has promised full pardons for January 6 rioters as soon as he takes office.

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    29 days ago

    Not really. He kinda decides that himself. Making him think that giving them pardons means he (Trump) is weak or being controlled would have a better chance.