A member of the Proud Boys has pleaded guilty to two charges, including seditious conspiracy and unlawful possession of a firearm, for his involvement on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. This makes Jeremy Bertino, a former lieutenant member of the inner circle of the Proud Boys, the first member of the Proud Boys, an extremist far-right group, to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy. He will cooperate and potentially provide testimony against five other members of the Proud Boys, including founder Enrique Tarrio, who have already been charged with seditious conspiracy and are set to go to trial in December. MORE: New indictment of Proud Boys leader in alleged Jan. 6 seditious conspiracyLike Tarrio, Bertino is not alleged to have participated in the actual attack on the Capitol and was not in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. Proud Boys member pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy for role in Jan. 6 originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News October 06, 2022 21:50 UTC