Tarrio, who led the neofacist Proud Boys group as it became a force in mainstream Republican circles, had pleaded with the judge for leniency.
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00:00 Former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group Enrique Tarrio has been jailed for 22
00:05 years for his role in the January 2021 attack on Capitol Hill in the United States.
00:11 He was among four members of the group convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes earlier
00:16 this year.
00:17 Tarrio was not at the riot as a judge had ordered him to leave the city but he helped
00:22 organize the group's involvement.
00:24 It's the longest sentence so far in the case in which supporters of ex-president Donald
00:28 Trump tried to stop Congress from certifying his defeat.
00:32 (whooshing)