A high-profile Capitol riot trial has opened for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants, including one from Philadelphia, charged with seditious conspiracy.
Tensions bubbled over at times as jury selection slowed to a crawl and defense lawyers complained that too many potential jurors were biased against the Proud Boys. Defense attorneys challenged jurors who expressed support for causes such as Black Lives Matter, saying that could indicate prejudice against the Proud Boys.
and charged with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. He was ordered to leave the capital, but prosecutors say he remained engaged in the extremist group's planning for Jan. 6. Communications cited in court papers show the Proud Boys discussing storming the Capitol in the days before the riot. On Jan. 3, someone suggested in a group chat that the "main operating theater" be in front of the Capitol. "I didn’t hear this voice note until now, you want to storm the Capitol," Tarrio said the next day in the same chat.
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