Trial of former Proud Boys leader Postponed: court can't find impartial jury because of J6 Hearings
A federal judge agreed on Wednesday to postpone a trial for the former leader of the Proud Boys and other members of the far-right group charged with attacking the US Capitol on January 6. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly postponed the start of the trial from August 8 to December 12 after attorneys for several of the men argued that their clients couldn't get a fair trial by an impartial jury in the midst of televised hearings by the House committee investigating the Capitol attack. They're also waiting for the committee to share documents that could become trial evidence. Former Proud Boys national chairman Henry 'Enrique' Tarrio and four other men are charged with seditious conspiracy for what authorities say was a plot to forcibly oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power during the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. Tarrio, 38, of Miami, and his co-defendants - Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola - have been in federal custody for…
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