A key figure in the U.S. far right, Henry Tarrio, and four other members of the Proud Boys militia were charged Monday with “sedition” for their role in Justice in January.
The five men, aged 31 to 45 and jailed for several months, had previously been the subject of prosecution for “criminal association” with the intent to obstruct an official proceeding or for violence.
The allegation of “sedition”, which is very rarely used and punishable by 20 years in prison, has grown further. This includes conspiracy against the government or any of its laws.
Since Donald Trump supporters attacked Congressional headquarters, when elected officials confirmed the victory of his rival Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, more than 810 people have been arrested and charged, usually due to entering a federal building. .
Only a few, all members of another radical militia have been called Guardians of the Oathis also being prosecuted for “sedition”.
At the same time, a parliamentary commission of inquiry is trying to clarify the role of the former Republican president and his relatives in this coup. He is scheduled to present his first conclusions on Thursday, during a long -awaited hearing.
Meanwhile, the indictment adopted Monday by a grand jury accuses Henry Tarrio and four of his lieutenants of linking the intrusion of one hundred members of this militia, created in 2016, into the Capitol.
He himself was not there: two days before, he had been arrested for breaking a banner Black Lives are important and while he was in possession of prohibited firearm chargers in the federal capital. He was released on January 5, 2021 with orders to stay out of Washington.
According to the indictment, he did not immediately comply and he even met Stewart Rhodes, his counterpart in Guardians of the Oathbefore leaving the federal capital.
France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada
