Proud Boys quartet found guilty of seditious conspiracy over Capitol attack

Former leader Enrique Tarrio among four members of US far-right group convicted after trial lasting nearly four months

A jury on Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys group including its former leader Enrique Tarrio of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, in a failed bid to stop Congress certifying Joe 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 Donald Trump. Several members of another far-right militia group, the Oath Keepers, were convicted in earlier trials.