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FILE - This photo shows part of the Justice Department's statement of facts in the complaint and arrest warrant for Christopher Worrell. Worrell, a member of the Proud Boys extremist group who went on the run after he was convicted of assaulting police with pepper spray in the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol and then allegedly faked a drug overdose after he was caught was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Proud Boys member who went on the run after conviction in the Jan. 6 riot gets 10 years in prison

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio will be sentenced on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, for a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Justice Department seeks longer sentences for Proud Boys leaders convicted of Jan. 6 plot

By Michael Kunzelman and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. A California man whom prosecutors say was fixated on arresting Democratic leaders and training for combat with paintball fights after the 2020 presidential election was sentenced on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, to more than four years in prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot. Edward Badalian planned for weeks before he and a friend traveled from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., and joined a mob in storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to prosecutors. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Proud Boys member who disappeared ahead of his sentencing in the Jan. 6 attack has been arrested

By Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a Fair-Side Chat at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. DeSantis said Saturday, Aug 26, 2023, in a post on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, that he has directed state emergency officials begin preparations for a storm. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

DeSantis would consider pardons for Proud Boys if elected president

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio will be sentenced on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, for a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets 22 years in prison, longest sentence yet in Capitol riot

By Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Proud Boy member Ethan Nordean walks toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Proud Boy convicted of helping spearhead Capitol attack ties Jan. 6 sentence record with 18 years

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

FILE - Rioters, including Dominic Pezzola, center with police shield, are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Pezzola, a former member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group who smashed a window at the U.S. Capitol in the building's first breach of the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window on Jan. 6 gets 10 years in prison, then declares, ‘Trump won!’

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Proud Boys members including Zachary Rehl, left, Ethan Nordean, center, and Joseph Biggs, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, fFle)

Ex-Proud Boys organizer gets 17 years in prison, second-longest sentence in Jan. 6 Capitol riot case

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Tarrio is set to be sentenced on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, for a failed plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election, capping one of the most significant prosecutions in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio will be sentenced for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio wears a hat that says The War Boys during a rally in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 26, 2020. The Justice Department said Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, it is seeking 33 years in prison for Tarrio, convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Justice Department seeks 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case

By Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Proud Boys member Jeremy Joseph Bertino, second from left, joins other supporters of President Donald Trump who are wearing attire associated with the Proud Boys as they attend a rally at Freedom Plaza, Dec. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

Judge awards Black church $1 million after BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest

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President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Proud Boys 1/6 verdict boosts Justice Dept. in Trump probe

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Michael Kunzelman and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio rallies in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 17, 2019. A federal jury is scheduled to hear a second day of attorneys’ closing arguments in the landmark trial for former Proud Boys extremist group leaders charged with plotting to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Proud Boys Jan. 6 jury to hear 2nd day of closing arguments

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio wears a hat that says The War Boys during a rally in Portland, Ore., Sept. 26, 2020. A federal jury is set to hear closing arguments in the historic trial of Proud Boys extremist group leaders charged with plotting to use force to keep former President Donald Trump in power. Starting Monday, April 24, 2023, prosecutors and defense lawyers will make their final appeals to jurors who will decide the fate of former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Proud Boys leaders’ trial jurors to hear closing arguments

By Michael Kunzelman and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio rallies in Portland, Ore. Outside pressures and internal strife are roiling two far-right extremist groups after members were charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, Aug. 17, 2019. A jury will soon decide whether the onetime leader of the Proud Boys extremist group is guilty in one of the most serious cases brought in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Proud Boys leaders’ Jan. 6 sedition trial inches to a close

By Michael Kunzelman and Alanna Durkin Richer and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio wears a hat that says The War Boys during a rally in Portland, Ore., Sept. 26, 2020. Federal prosecutors have rested their seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with plotting to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 election. Jurors will hear testimony by defense witnesses before they begin deliberating. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner) **FILE**

Capitol Riot: FBI informant testifies for Proud Boys defense

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Proud Boys members Zachary Rehl, left, and Ethan Nordean, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump, Jan. 6, 2021. Federal prosecutors disclosed Wednesday, March 22, 2023, that a witness expected to testify for the defense at the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four associates was secretly acting as a government informant for nearly two years after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a defense lawyer said in a court filing. Carmen Hernandez, a lawyer for Rehl, asked a judge to schedule an immediate emergency hearing and suspend the trial “until these issues have been considered and resolved.” (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

FBI informant didn’t spy on Proud Boys defense, prosecutors say

By Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Proud Boys members Zachary Rehl, left, and Ethan Nordean, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump, Jan. 6, 2021. Federal prosecutors disclosed Wednesday, March 22, 2023, that a witness expected to testify for the defense at the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four associates was secretly acting as a government informant for nearly two years after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a defense lawyer said in a court filing. Carmen Hernandez, a lawyer for Rehl, asked a judge to schedule an immediate emergency hearing and suspend the trial “until these issues have been considered and resolved.” (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Planned Proud Boys witness was government informant, prosecutors reveal

By Michael Kunzelman and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Rioters wave flags on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Federal prosecutors are employing an unusual strategy to prove leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group orchestrated a violent plot to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House, even though some of the defendants didn't carry out the violence themselves. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio wears a hat that says The War Boys during a rally in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 26, 2020. The seditious conspiracy trial of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants is coming at a pivotal time for Justice Department's investigation and prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Witness: Proud Boys ‘openly’ expecting civil war before Jan 6

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press