Proud Boys chief Tarrio loses newest bid for launch from jail

Might 28 (Reuters) - A choose has denied the most recent request by Enrique Tarrio, the previous top chief of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, for launch from jail whereas he awaits trial on criminal prices regarding last yr's assault on the U.S. Capitol.

In an order issued late on Friday night, U.S. District Decide Timothy Kelly said the evidence against Tarrio is "very robust" and that measures like a bond and residential confinement "don't adequately mitigate the specter of dangerousness Tarrio poses."

Kelly mentioned that Tarrio "has the skill set, resources, and networks to plan similar challenges to the lawful functioning of the United States government in the future."

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A decide in Florida previously denied a request by Tarrio for pretrial release, which is frequent in the U.S. authorized system because of the presumption of innocence given to folks accused of crimes. Tarrio asked Kelly to evaluate the Florida choose's order.

Tarrio is among the many most high-profile of greater than 775 individuals criminally charged for their roles within the assault on the Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump in an effort to keep Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election victory.

Police arrested Tarrio on Jan. 4, 2021, for burning a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic African-American church in December 2020, a cost for which he later served four months in jail.

Prosecutors stated Tarrio maintained an active leadership position behind the scenes on Jan. 6, forcefully telling his followers on social media not to go away the Capitol, and later, within the encrypted chat, telling them: "We did this."

Tarrio's lawyer Nayib Hassan instructed reporters in March Tarrio left Washington, D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021 - a day before the attack on the Capitol.

"It's our estimation so far as what we now have reviewed proper now that the evidence is weak," Hassan mentioned.

Thousands of individuals stormed the Capitol that day to try to hold Congress from certifying current President Joe Biden’s victory over then-President Donald Trump, a Republican. Greater than 800 face legal fees.

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Reporting by Jan Wolfe, Enhancing by Louise Heavens

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