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A Washington D.C. grand jury today indicted Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, former chairman of the Proud Boys, and four other members of the far-right U.S. organization on charges of seditious conspiracy regarding the January 6, 2021 insurrection. On that day, a large crowd of Donald Trump supporters stormed into the United States Capitol to prevent the US Congress from certifying the votes from the 2020 United States presidential election. The charges state the riot was not a spontaneous or impromptu act but rather deliberately planned. Tarrio has faced other charges related to January 6 before, but today's are the most serious: the charges state Tarrio and fellow Proud Boys Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola criminally conspired to prevent then-President-elect Joe Bi...

Jennifer Selin, University of Missouri-Columbia Former Trump ally Steve Bannon faces possible fines and time behind bars after being indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress. The criminal charges, announced on Nov. 12, 2021, by the Department of Justice, follow a vote by the House of Representatives in October to hold Bannon in contempt when he defied a subpoena issued by a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Bannon’s lawyers have said their client refused to testify in accordance with the instructions of former President Donald Trump. The indictment is the first in history to involve a contempt prosecution of someone claiming executive privilege. But Trump and his advisers aren’t the first to try to keep some details of a president’s time in o...

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Proud Boys Indicted For Conspiracy Over January 6 U.S. Capitol Riots

Indicted Over Jan. 6 Panel Snub, Steve Bannon – Pushing Key Question Over Presidential Power To The Courts