Proud Boys chief Tarrio loses newest bid for launch from jail

May 28 (Reuters) - A judge has denied the most recent request by Enrique Tarrio, the previous high chief of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, for launch from jail whereas he awaits trial on felony costs regarding last 12 months's attack on the U.S. Capitol.

In an order issued late on Friday night, U.S. District Choose Timothy Kelly stated the evidence towards Tarrio is "very robust" and that measures like a bond and residential confinement "don't adequately mitigate the threat of dangerousness Tarrio poses."

Kelly mentioned that Tarrio "has the skill set, assets, and networks to plan comparable challenges to the lawful functioning of the US government sooner or later."

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A judge in Florida previously denied a request by Tarrio for pretrial release, which is frequent within the U.S. authorized system because of the presumption of innocence given to people accused of crimes. Tarrio asked Kelly to evaluation the Florida choose's order.

Tarrio is among the many most high-profile of greater than 775 individuals criminally charged for his or her roles in the assault on the Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump in an effort to keep Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election victory.

Police arrested Tarrio on Jan. 4, 2021, for burning a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic African-American church in December 2020, a cost for which he later served four months in jail.

Prosecutors said Tarrio maintained an lively leadership function behind the scenes on Jan. 6, forcefully telling his followers on social media not to leave the Capitol, and later, in the encrypted chat, telling them: "We did this."

Tarrio's attorney Nayib Hassan told reporters in March Tarrio left Washington, D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021 - a day before the attack on the Capitol.

"It's our estimation so far as what we have now reviewed right now that the evidence is weak," Hassan stated.

Hundreds of people stormed the Capitol that day to try to hold Congress from certifying current President Joe Biden’s victory over then-President Donald Trump, a Republican. More than 800 face prison expenses.

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Reporting by Jan Wolfe, Editing by Louise Heavens

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