Proud Boys leader Tarrio loses latest bid for launch from jail

May 28 (Reuters) - A choose has denied the latest request by Enrique Tarrio, the former high leader of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, for release from jail while he awaits trial on prison costs regarding last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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

Kelly stated that Tarrio "has the talent set, assets, and networks to plan comparable challenges to the lawful functioning of the United States government sooner or later."

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A choose in Florida beforehand denied a request by Tarrio for pretrial launch, which is common in the U.S. legal system because of the presumption of innocence given to people accused of crimes. Tarrio requested Kelly to evaluate the Florida decide's order.

Tarrio is among the most high-profile of more than 775 folks criminally charged for their 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 charge for which he later served 4 months in jail.

Prosecutors stated Tarrio maintained an energetic management role behind the scenes on Jan. 6, forcefully telling his followers on social media to not go away the Capitol, and later, in the encrypted chat, telling them: "We did this."

Tarrio's legal professional Nayib Hassan informed reporters in March Tarrio left Washington, D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021 - a day earlier than the attack on the Capitol.

"It is our estimation as far as what we have now reviewed proper now that the proof is weak," Hassan mentioned.

1000's of individuals stormed the Capitol that day to try to hold Congress from certifying present President Joe Biden’s victory over then-President Donald Trump, a Republican. More than 800 face felony charges.

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Reporting by Jan Wolfe, Enhancing by Louise Heavens

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