Proud Boys chief Tarrio loses latest bid for release from jail

Could 28 (Reuters) - A choose has denied the most recent request by Enrique Tarrio, the former high chief of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, for release from jail whereas he awaits trial on felony charges referring to final 12 months's assault on the U.S. Capitol.

In an order issued late on Friday night time, U.S. District Decide Timothy Kelly said the evidence towards Tarrio is "very robust" and that measures like a bond and residential confinement "do not adequately mitigate the specter of dangerousness Tarrio poses."

Kelly said that Tarrio "has the talent set, assets, and networks to plan similar challenges to the lawful functioning of the USA government sooner or later."

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A judge in Florida beforehand denied a request by Tarrio for pretrial launch, which is frequent within the U.S. authorized system because of the presumption of innocence given to folks accused of crimes. Tarrio requested Kelly to review the Florida choose's order.

Tarrio is among the many most high-profile of greater than 775 individuals criminally charged for his or her roles in the assault on the Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump in an effort to keep 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 cost for which he later served four months in jail.

Prosecutors said Tarrio maintained an lively management position behind the scenes on Jan. 6, forcefully telling his followers on social media not to leave the Capitol, and later, in the encrypted chat, telling them: "We did this."

Tarrio's attorney Nayib Hassan instructed reporters in March Tarrio left Washington, D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021 - a day before the attack on the Capitol.

"It is our estimation so far as what we have now reviewed proper now that the proof is weak," Hassan stated.

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

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Reporting by Jan Wolfe, Modifying by Louise Heavens

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