{"id":2405453,"date":"2025-02-22T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-arrested-near-capitol-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T10:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:45:41","slug":"ex-proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-arrested-near-capitol-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-arrested-near-capitol-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested near Capitol &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-arrested-near-capitol-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405453&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Proud Boys \u2064national leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested near \u2063the U.S. Capitol on Friday for allegedly\u200c assaulting a woman who was \u200cprotesting\u200b an event he attended. The incident occurred as Capitol police witnessed \u2062Tarrio strike the woman\u2019s \u2062cellphone and \u2062arm after she held her phone close \u200cto his face.\u200b Tartio had just left a\u200d news conference when the confrontation took place. The \u200dwoman \u2062expressed her desire to file a complaint,\u2063 leading to tarrio&#8217;s arrest for simple assault.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, tarrio had been serving a lengthy 22-year sentence for his involvement in \u2063the January \u200d6, 2021, \u200bCapitol riot, the longest among those charged \u2062in relation \u200cto the events of that day. However,\u2063 he received clemency \u200dfrom former President \u2062Donald Trump\u200d last month, alongside over 1,500 others involved in the uprising.\u2062 Tarrio \u2062had \u2063earlier been convicted of \u200dseditious conspiracy concerning \u2062a plot to disrupt the peaceful transfer of presidential power\u200c after the 2020 election. He was attending\u200c the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chair-condemns-biden-abortion-policy\/\" title=\"RNC chair condemns Biden abortion policy\">press conference alongside<\/a> other \u200bmembers \u200dof the Proud \u200cBoys and\u2064 Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, who\u200d also \u2062had his sentence commuted recently.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested near Capitol on assault charge after press conference<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2016261\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> Former Proud Boys national leader&nbsp;Enrique Tarrio&nbsp;was arrested Friday near the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/us-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. Capitol<\/a> on a charge that he assaulted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">woman<\/a> protesting a gathering attended by Tarrio and others who received&nbsp;presidential pardons&nbsp;for crimes stemming from the&nbsp;Jan. 6, 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-trump-republicans-say-they-quit-fox-news-over-tucker-carlsons-january-6-content\/\" title=\"Anti-... Republicans Say They Quit Fox News Over Tucker Carlson\u2019s January 6 Content\">riot&#038;nbsp<\/a>;in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-gives-cities-more-power-to-ban-homeless-camps-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Supreme Court gives cities more power to ban homeless camps - Washington Examiner\">nation&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s capital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Capitol police said officers saw Tarrio strike the protester&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/phones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cellphone<\/a> and arm after the woman placed the phone close to his face as they walked near the Capitol. Tarrio had just left a news conference that had ended &ldquo;without incident,&rdquo; police said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The woman told our officers that she wanted to be a complainant, and the man was arrested for the simple assault,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">police<\/a> said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>An attorney who represented Tarrio in his Capitol riot case didn&rsquo;t immediately respond to an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">email seeking comment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tarrio, of Miami, was serving&nbsp;a 22-year sentence&nbsp;&mdash; the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot cases &mdash; when President Donald Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3326249\/january-6-defendants-granted-trump-clemency-push-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">granted clemency&nbsp;last month<\/a> to all 1,500-plus people charged in the Jan. 6 attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A jury convicted Tarrio and three of his lieutenants of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Trump to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> after the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Tarrio attended a press conference Friday with other Proud Boys and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who also was convicted of seditious conspiracy but freed from prison last month after Trump commuted his <a 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