VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The former Florida leader of the Proud Boys, alongside different leaders of the far-right group, is charged with a seditious conspiracy cost in the Capitol Riot as of Monday, court docket paperwork present.
A federal jury indicted Joseph Biggs, of Ormond Beach, and 4 different Proud Boys members with seditious conspiracy and conspiracy to forestall an officer from discharging any duties, two of the largest expenses to come back out of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Riot investigation, in response to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Former nationwide Proud Boys leader Enrique “Henry” Tarrio, 38, of Miami, Florida; Ethan Nordean, 31, of Auburn, Washington; Zachary Rehl, 37, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Dominic Pezzola, 44, of Rochester, New York, additionally face the identical expenses.
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According to new court docket paperwork, federal prosecutors stated Biggs referred to as for a “revolution” and Tarrio referred to as for “war” and deliberate to interrupt President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory throughout the coordinated assault on the U.S. Capitol.
All 5 males had been beforehand charged with totally different conspiracy counts, however the newest riot-related indictments are among the many most critical filed up to now.
According to the indictment, Biggs additionally took a video in which he surveyed the group and said, “We’ve taken the Capitol.”
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They be a part of 11 different members or associates of the anti-government Oath Keepers militia group, together with its founder and leader Stewart Rhodes, who had been indicted in January on seditious conspiracy expenses in the Capitol assault.
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Florida leads the nation with the variety of residents arrested in connection with the Capitol Hill riots, in response to knowledge offered earlier this 12 months by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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The authorities stated that greater than 800 arrests have been made up to now in connection to the occasions on the Capitol constructing.
The indictment comes simply days earlier than the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots on the Capitol is ready to go public with its findings in a primetime listening to on June 9.
The Associated Press additionally contributed to this report.
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