A jury on Thursday convicted 4 members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group including its former leader of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the US Capitol in a failed bid to block congress from certifying Biden's election victory.
The convictions after a trial lasting nearly four months handed another victory to the US Justice Department as it pursues criminal charges against more than 1 000 people arising from the Capitol rampage by supporters of Republican then-President Donald Trump. Several members of another far-right militia group, the Oath Keepers, were convicted in earlier trials.
More than 500 people have pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Justice Department related to the Capitol riot and about 80 others have been convicted during trials. These included Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and several of that group's members. Of the five members charged, all but Tarrio entered the Capitol during the attack, with prosecutors saying they were among the first to charge past barricades erected to protect the building.
Shortly before the riot, the Republican Trump gave an incendiary speech to supporters urging them to go to the Capitol and"fight like hell" and repeated his false claims that the election was stolen from him throughout widespread voting fraud.
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