Enrique Tarrio, three other Proud Boys found guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 trial

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys group, was found guilty this Thursday of the charge of seditious conspiracy, for the events of Jan. 6, 2021, which the Democratic Party have insisted on calling "insurrection."

A jury in Washington D.C., after hearing several witnesses, decided that Tarrio, of Cuban origin and a resident of Miami, was guilty.

The Proud Boys have been the object of attack from the left, which from the beginning, has  classified them a belonging to the "extreme right."

Even the U.S. government funded Voice of America network called the Proud Boys an "extreme right-wing militia."

The four unarmed men who allegedly planned the violent assault on the Capitol were unarmed.

CNN reported the story as "Justice Department Releases Videos of Capitol Hill Riots in Major Conspiracy Case Involving the Proud Boys."

Justice Department prosecutors portrayed the Proud Boys as trying to keep Democrat Joe Biden out of the White House at all costs.

Defense lawyers took a much different perspective than prosecutors, even going as far to suggest that the U.S. intelligence community had planted evidence on the defendants in an attempt to frame them as part of a conspiracy against the government. 

Dominic Pezzola, the attorney for the Proud Boys defendant filed a motion seeking a mistrial due to "outrageous government misconduct."

Traditionally, the mainstream media classifies violent left-wing groups such as BLM or Antifa as "activists" or peaceful protesters. But in the case of Tarrio and the Proud Boys, they were immediately branded as "neofascists known for street fighting with leftist activists." 

No Proud Boy protest has resulted in deaths, to date.

Tarrio was conviction by a District of Columbia jury despite the fact he was not present in the city or at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Prosecutors however, said he organized and directed the Proud Boys' "assault" on the Capitol.

In a conspiracy charge, one does not need to be present for the actual crime in progress, but simply a participant in the planning. 

However, defense attorneys said there was no such conspiracy, plan to attack the Capitol or attempt to interfere in the congressional certification of Biden's victory.

Tarrio was charged and tried along with three other Proud Boys: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl. Nordean, from Auburn, Washington, was a chapter leader of the Proud Boys.

Rehl led a chapter of the group in Philadelphia. Biggs from Ormond Beach, Florida described himself as an organizer for the Proud Boys.

The jury found Dominic Pezzola, a member of the Rochester, New York group, guilty of sedition. Seditious conspiracy, under a Civil War-era law, can carry up to 20 years in prison.

The 12-member jury in federal court in Washington has heard nearly 50 days of testimony since January.

During closing arguments, prosecutor Conor Mulroe told jurors Monday that the Proud Boys saw themselves as a "fighting force aligned behind Donald Trump and willing to commit violent acts in his name" in order to to annul his defeat in the 2020 elections.