Former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison after begging a judge for mercy for his role in the January 6 riots at the U.S. to stop the transfer of power from to Joe Biden. Tarrio, 39, was the final leader of the neo-fascist group convicted of seditious conspiracy in the , 2021, attack to be sentenced and faced 33 years in prison. Judge Timothy Kelly ruled that Tarrio was 'the ultimate leader of that conspiracy,' but still did not abide by the government's sentence request.The far-right propagandist wasn't in Washington on January 6 - he was arrested two days earlier in a separate case - but he was convicted of helping put in motion and encourage the violence interrupted ' certification of Biden's electoral victory.
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