WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor The nine-page document was entitled “1776 Returns” and called for having as “many people as possible” to “show our politicians We the People are in charge,” according to the indictment. 6, including House and Senate office buildings around the Capitol, the indictment says. 30, 2020, an unnamed person sent Tarrio a document that laid out plans for occupying a few “crucial buildings” in Washington on Jan. He served five months for the unrelated case. Tarrio, who has since stepped down from his post as Proud Boys chairman, didn’t immediately respond to a text message seeking comment on his arrest and indictment. Eleven members or associates of the antigovernment Oath Keepers militia group, including Rhodes, have been charged with seditious conspiracy in the Capitol attack. The new riot-related charges are among the most serious filed so far, but they aren’t the first of their kind.
The latest conspiracy charge zeroes in on organized groups that plotted in advance - as federal prosecutors distinguish them from hundreds of other supporters of then-President Donald Trump who were at the scene that day and were charged. Capitol, even if they weren’t in attendance themselves. The indictment is a further proof of how far the Justice Department is going to prosecute the leaders of extremist groups whose members are suspected to have planned and attacked the U.S.
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