The leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were both freed from long sentences by President Donald Trump. Who are they? And what are their groups?

The return of battle-hardened leaders ... will further radicalize and fuel recruitment platforms,” said Jacob Ware, a Council on Foreign Relations research fellow.

Tarrio, 42, a Miami native, was serving a 22-year sentence after being convicted in May 2023 of seditious conspiracy.

A day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, America’s far-right celebrated. Some called for the death of judges who oversaw the trials.

Rhodes and Tarrio were among the most prominent defendants from January 6 and had received some of the harshest punishments.

The red MAGA hat has transformed into a symbol of the country’s willingness to absorb almost anything — any lie, any grievance — into a new, sour normal.

The Philly Proud Boys leader serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison is set to be released after a pardon from Trump.

Until President Trump’s pardon, Enrique Tarrio was serving a 22-year prison term, the longest sentence handed down to any of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with Jan. 6.

Enrique Tarrio, the now-former leader of the neo-fascist Proud Boys gang convicted on treason-related charges after fuelling a mob on January 6, is set to be released from federal prison following Donald Trump ’s expected clemency order.

On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump defended his decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and suggested there could be a place in US politics for the Proud Boys extremist group.

President Donald Trump granted clemency on Monday to around 1,500 people convicted of crimes related to their participation in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.