Pardoned ex-Proud Boys leader eyes run for public office

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Sheriff? Congress? Criminal Justice reformer? Freed Proud Boys leaders have big plans

The four top national leaders of the Proud Boys, convicted for seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6 but now freed by Trump, say they have lofty goals.

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'Stand Back and Stand By': Pardoned Proud Boys Leader Plotting Run for Political Office After Night at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Home

It turns out that committing violent acts in support of Donald Trump is a good career move. At the very least, it gets you dinner with the president. Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, was freed after Trump issued pardons and commutations to everyone convicted of any offense related to the insurrection. “Two weeks …

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Former Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio Says He'll Run for Office

From leader of a neo-fascist extremist group to elected official? That's what Enrique Tarrio has in mind for his career trajectory. The ex-leader of the Proud Boys told Newsmax host Greg Kelly on Wednesday that things are looking up for him, and that he thinks a career in public service...

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Barely in office, US President Trump has pardoned or waived the punishment of all those involved in the storming of the Capitol. Militias like the "Proud Boys" are celebrating this. Does Trump's decision strengthen the right-wing extremist scene? By Nina Barth.

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Pardoned Proud Boys Leader Meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago — Plans to Run for Office - News Addicts

Pardoned Proud Boys leader Enrique Torres says he’s gone from rotting in prison to hanging out at President Trump’s luxury Mar-a-Lago estate — and now plans to run for political office. “Two weeks ago I was in prison and just last night I was in Mar-a-Lago at the president’s house,” Tarrio, 40, told Newsmax late […] The post Pardoned Proud Boys Leader Meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago — Plans to Run for Office appeared first on News Addicts.

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Pardoned Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio says he visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago— and now plans to run for office

Pardoned Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio went from rotting in federal prison to visiting President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in just a matter of weeks — and plans on running for office next.