Proud Boys leader Tarrio loses latest bid for launch from jail

Might 28 (Reuters) - A choose has denied the most recent request by Enrique Tarrio, the former high leader of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, for launch from jail while he awaits trial on prison fees referring to final 12 months's assault on the U.S. Capitol.

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

Kelly stated that Tarrio "has the ability set, resources, and networks to plan comparable challenges to the lawful functioning of the US authorities in the future."

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A judge in Florida beforehand denied a request by Tarrio for pretrial launch, which is common within the U.S. legal system due to the presumption of innocence given to folks accused of crimes. Tarrio requested Kelly to evaluation the Florida choose's order.

Tarrio is among the many most high-profile of more than 775 individuals criminally charged for their roles in the assault on the Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump in an effort to maintain 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 said Tarrio maintained an energetic management role behind the scenes on Jan. 6, forcefully telling his followers on social media to not depart the Capitol, and later, within the encrypted chat, telling them: "We did this."

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

"It is our estimation so far as what we have reviewed proper now that the proof is weak," Hassan said.

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

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Reporting by Jan Wolfe, Modifying by Louise Heavens

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