Proud Boys leader received Covid-19 stimulus loans worth $15,500

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NEW: Proud Boys chair Enrique Tarrio received $15.5k in PPP loans according to newly available documents

Proud Boys leader received Covid-19 stimulus loans worth $15,500
Enrique Tarrio received two paycheck protection program loans intended for small businesses, for ‘security systems services’
theguardian.com
1:27 PM · May 14, 2021

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/14/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-received-ppp-loans


Government records show that Enrique Tarrio, chairman of the far-right Proud Boys group, received two federal government-backed paycheck protection program (PPP) loans worth a total of $15,500, the Guardian can reveal.

Tarrio, based in Miami, Florida, was approved for an initial loan of $7,750 on 30 March, and a succeeding loan for the same amount on 16 April. The loans were issued to Henry Tarrio, an anglicized form of his name which he has used on other occasions.

The Proud Boys began as an organization protesting against political correctness and boosting their idea of masculinity and grew into a rightwing group that embraced street fighting. Earlier this year Canada named it as a terrorist entity. It is seen as having played an important role in the 6 January attack on the Capitol in Washington DC.

In the loan documentation, which was obtained by the news non-profit ProPublica, after a Freedom of Information Act battle with the Small Business Administration, Tarrio is described as an independent contractor, working in the “Security Systems Services” industry, but the document names no associated business entity.

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[Cracklin Charlie]

1. How much did he spend getting his friends to the insurrection?

How many others got covid bucks to pay people’s way?