Proud Boys ex-leader Enrique Tarrio arrested for assault near US Capitol

Capitol police said officers saw Tarrio strike protester at gathering he attended with Oath Keepers' Stewart Rhodes

Enrique Tarrio, a former national leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys, was arrested on Friday near the US Capitol on a charge that he assaulted a woman protesting against a gathering attended by him and others who received presidential pardons for crimes stemming from Donald Trump supporters' 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

Capitol police said officers saw Tarrio strike the protester's cellphone and arm after the woman placed the phone close to his face as they walked near the Capitol. Tarrio had just left a news conference that had ended without incident", police said.