![(FILE) - Far-right group the Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio during a march into Freedom Plaza, in Washington, DC, US, 12 December 2020 (reissued 05 January 2021). EFE/EPA/GAMAL DIAB[10]](https://pre.efe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/rss-efe6daa4b102eb4649f7409e8d3379b29eda9d629abw.jpg)
Washington, Jan 21 (EFE).- The leaders of the ultra-nationalist Oath Keepers and Proud Boys organizations were released from prison on Tuesday thanks to the pardons and commutations granted by United States President Donald Trump to those charged in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The release of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is part of one of the Republican’s campaign promises and one of the first executive orders he signed after his inauguration.
Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison while Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the crime of “seditious conspiracy.”
The executive order will affect around 1,500 of those accused of the attack, aimed at preventing former President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election from being certified.
After the announcement, a group of Trump supporters gathered at the gates of the US capital’s jail to await their release.
However, it is still unknown when all the pardons will take effect.
During Trump’s inauguration, around 50 members of the Proud Boys marched through the streets of Washington, escorted by police officers who separated them from spontaneous anti-Trump protesters who verbally confronted them.
According to the Department of Justice, more than 730 people have been convicted for their involvement in the attempted riot, and about 300 are still awaiting trial, some for violent crimes such as assaulting police officers.
Four people died, and more than 140 police officers were injured in the Capitol attack. EFE
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