Jan. 6 Investigators Belong ‘Behind Bars,’ Says Pardoned Proud Boys Leader

Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, who was pardoned by Trump, said “the people who did this” need to “feel the heat.”

Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the recently pardoned leader of the Proud Boys who is now free from prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy alongside a cadre of the extremist group’s chapter leaders and allies, wants those who investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol to “pay for what they did.”

In an interview this week with right-wing radio host Alex Jones, Tarrio railed against members of the now-defunct House committee that looked into the attack, and against what he perceives as a miscarriage of justice against him and other people who were convicted of crimes connected to Jan. 6, 2021.

“They didn’t care about the evidence. They cared about putting Trump supporters in prison. Well, now it’s our turn. Now it’s our turn. I’m happy the president’s focusing not on retribution and focusing on success, but I will tell you that I’m not gonna play by those rules,” Tarrio told Jones. “The people who did this, they need to feel the heat. They need to be put behind bars, and they need to be prosecuted.”

“In this country, our case proves that you could be put in prison for anything,” he added. “They need to be imprisoned. We need to find and put them behind bars for what they did. They need to pay for what they did.”

One of Donald Trump’s first actions as president was signing an executive order that pardoned anyone who had been convicted of crimes connected to the Jan. 6 attack and commuted the sentences of 14 members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Tarrio’s sentence was not commuted, and he was instead granted a full pardon.