On anniversary of US Capitol attack, Proud Boys ex-leader asks Trump for pardon

FILE PHOTO: Enrique Tarrio (R), a leader of the Proud Boys, stands with an unidentified man outside the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four years after supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to thwart certification of the 2020 election result, a mastermind of the effort, Enrique Tarrio, on Monday asked Trump for a full pardon for his actions.

Tarrio, a former leader of the Proud Boys far-right militant group, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for helping to direct the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol that resulted in injuries to more than 140 police officers and five deaths.