Proud Boys leader Tarrio loses latest bid for release from jail

Could 28 (Reuters) - A choose has denied the newest request by Enrique Tarrio, the previous top leader of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, for release from jail while he awaits trial on legal expenses regarding final year's attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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

Kelly mentioned that Tarrio "has the talent set, assets, and networks to plan comparable challenges to the lawful functioning of america government sooner or later."

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A choose in Florida beforehand denied a request by Tarrio for pretrial launch, which is widespread in the U.S. authorized system because of the presumption of innocence given to individuals accused of crimes. Tarrio asked Kelly to overview the Florida judge'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 charge for which he later served 4 months in jail.

Prosecutors mentioned Tarrio maintained an lively leadership role behind the scenes on Jan. 6, forcefully telling his followers on social media to not leave the Capitol, and later, in 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 earlier than the assault on the Capitol.

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

Thousands of people stormed the Capitol that day to try to maintain Congress from certifying present President Joe Biden’s victory over then-President Donald Trump, a Republican. Greater than 800 face prison expenses.

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Reporting by Jan Wolfe, Modifying by Louise Heavens

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