FL Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Seeks Jan. 6 Pardon From Trump

SOUTH FLORIDA — On the anniversary of the U.S. Capitol attack, a South Florida Proud Boys leader asked President-elect Donald Trump for a pardon for his charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, reports said.

Enrique Tarrio, 42, is serving 22 years in federal prison after being found guilty of seditious conspiracy in relation to the riot at the Capitol. He was never in Washington, D.C. for the attack itself.

Trump supporters breached the building on Jan. 6, 2021,to disrupt a joint session of the U.S. Congress to count the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.

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His lawyer, Nayib Hassan, wrote a letter to Trump asking the incoming president to issue Tarrio a “full and complete pardon,” The Hill reported.

In his Jan. 6 letter, Hassan said his client, the Proud Boys’ former national chair, was targeted by President Joe Biden’s administration for his political views.

“Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio was portrayed throughout the Government’s case as a right-wing extremist that promoted a neo-fascist militant organization,” Hassan wrote in the letter, which was obtained by the Hill. “Henry is nothing more than a proud American that believes in true conservative values.”

Hassan described Tarrio as a “young man with an aspiring future ahead of him” and claimed his client is "nothing more than a proud American that believes in true conservative values,” according to NBC News.

The attorney told CBS Miami that he has already been in touch with people who will assist Tarrio in his transition after leaving prison.

"Granting this pardon would allow (Enrique) to reintegrate into a family that is extremely supportive and would further demonstrate commitment to lawful, peaceful, and constructive contributions," Hassan wrote to Trump, according to reports. "It would also enable him to support his family fully and contribute meaningfully to the community."

His mother, Duarte Tarrio, told Local 10 News that her son was hopeful that Trump would grant the pardon.

“He was happy, ‘Hey, today is certification.’ Finally, this should have happened years ago,” she said of a conversation she had with him Monday. “(He was) taken away for 22 years for something that, really, he didn’t do.”