Enrique Tarrio, the former top leader of the right-wing US group the Proud Boys, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges accusing him of conspiring to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory in advance of last year’s attack on the US Capitol.Tarrio’s lawyer entered the not guilty plea on his behalf during a virtual hearing in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The judge announced a postponement in the planned start to his trial.Tarrio, 38, is one of the most high-profile of the more than 775 people criminally charged for their roles in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump on the day Congress convened to certify Biden’s victory.
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