US prosecutors and defence attorneys for the far-right Proud Boys group have delivered their closing arguments in a trial seeking to determine whether the group’s leaders committed seditious conspiracy in their alleged plot to attack the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power.On Tuesday, the defence team charged that the Proud Boys leaders were being used as scapegoats for former President Donald Trump, who egged on supporters in the wake of his 2020 election loss, including telling those gathered at the Capitol to “fight like hell” during a speech ahead of the riot.Then-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, in contrast, was not in Washington, DC on the date, having been banned from the capital after being arrested on allegations that he defaced a Black Lives Matter banner, defence lawyer Nayib Hassan said.
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