Former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio filed a motion for a change of venue for his Jan. 6 criminal case from the District of Columbia to the Southern District of Florida due to “significant prejudice that exists in the current jury pool.”
Attorneys for Tarrio filed a 25-page change-of-venue motion on May 2 with U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly in Washington D.C.
The motion came on the same day the latest Jan. 6 defendant—former New York police officer Thomas Webster—was found guilty on all counts by a District of Columbia jury. Federal juries have convicted four Jan. 6 defendants tried before them since February.
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