USA Today, the pleas were announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips and Metropolitan Police Chief
Robert Contee III. Tarrio faces a maximum of six months in prison and a $1,000 fine for each offense. Sentencing is scheduled for August 23.
Tarrio was arrested on January 4, two days before the Capitol Siege, on weapons charges and was ordered to stay out of Washington.
According to
CNN, Tarrio, who identifies as a first-generation Cuban immigrant, was also arrested for burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a Black church on December 12. That same day, two Black churches in Washington D.C., whose histories stretch back to the pre-Civil War era, were also vandalized.
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio helped prosecute 13 people in two separate indictments.
Published January 27th
Court transcripts reveal that Proud Boys leader
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio began working with the FBI after he was arrested on federal fraud charges related to a scheme to sell stolen diabetic test strips well below market value.
During a 2014 court hearing, a prosecutor argued for a reduced sentence for the 36-year-old, telling the judge Tarrio was the one who wanted to talk to law enforcement, wanted to clear his name, wanted to straighten this out so that he could move on with his life.
According to NBC 6, a former federal prosecutor in Tarrio s case confirmed he aided local and federal law enforcement in the prosecution of crimes ranging from running marijuana grow houses in Miami to heading pharmaceutical fraud schemes.