First Proud Boys leader set to plead guilty to Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

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NEW N.C. man Jeremy Bertino is set to become first Proud Boys leader to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 plot, potentially implicating former Roger Stone aide Henry 'Enrique' Tarrio, Ethan Nordean and Alex Jones employee Joe Biggs.

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First Proud Boys leader set to plead guilty to Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Jeremy Bertino was in inner circle of right-wing group led by Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio, accused with some Oath Keepers of planning violence to oppose President Biden's inauguration.
12:17 PM · Oct 6, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/06/proud-boys-bertino-plea-seditious-conspiracy/

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A lieutenant of longtime former Proud Boys chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio is set to become the group’s first member to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, deepening the government’s case against an organization accused of mobilizing violence to prevent the inauguration of Joe Biden, according to court records.

A plea by Jeremy Bertino, 43, of Belmont, N.C., would give the Justice Department a potential key witness against Tarrio and four other Proud Boys leaders who are set to face trial in December on charges of plotting to oppose by force the presidential transition, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol.

A plea hearing was set for 3:15 p.m. Thursday, according to court records. Prosecutors charged Bertino by criminal information on Thursday, a type of charging document that can be used in a felony case only with a defendant’s cooperation and that generally signals the existence of a plea agreement. He was charged with count of seditious conspiracy and one count of illegal possession of firearms as a formerly convicted felon. A plea is not final until accepted by a judge.

From December 2020 to January 2021, Bertino “did knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with” the Proud Boys co-defendants “to oppose by force the authority of the Government of the United States and to delay by force the execution of the laws governing the transfer of power,” the two-page charging document alleges.

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