Imprisoned Proud Boys leader wants to join Trump’s immunity fight to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits

Left: Henry "Enrique" Tarrio booking photo; Tarrio is now serving 22 years in prison for seditiously conspiring to stop the transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021. Alexandria Sherriff

Left: Henry “Enrique” Tarrio booking photo; Tarrio is now serving 22 years in prison for seditiously conspiring to stop the transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021. Alexandria Sherriff’s Office. / Right: This exhibit from video released by the House Select Committee, shows President Donald Trump recording a video statement on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C.House Select Committee via AP

The convicted seditious conspiracist and onetime leader of the far-right Proud Boys, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, would like to align himself with Donald Trump once again, asking a judge from behind bars if he can join the former president’s request to pause all civil litigation seeking to hold Trump responsible for the violence of Jan. 6, 2021.

The motion to join Trump’s stay request notes that Tarrio — who was sentenced to 22 years in prison — is after “judicial economy.”

Daniel Hull told Law&Crime on Thursday that Tarrio made the filing because he is a defendant in three of the lawsuits now before U.S. District Judge Mehta. Tarrio is just one of a few defendants along with Trump and others, like Rudy Giuliani, who have been sued by lawmakers in their individual capacities to hold them accountable for the violence of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Henry “Enrique” Tarrio is a defendant in three of the civil cases before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta and “judicial economy” was featured throughout Trump’s motion for a stay, Hull said.

Hull added: “We filed simply to underscore that Tarrio (who as you know is incarcerated) supports a stay and that any stay should apply to Tarrio as well.”

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