Enrique Tarrio

Overview

Henry Enrique Tarrio is an American political activist from Miami who became national chairman of the Proud Boys after its founder Gavin McInnes announced his resignation in November 2018. He led the organization during the 2020 election period and was convicted of seditious conspiracy and related offenses in 2023 concerning events of January 6, 2021. He received a 22-year sentence before being released after a presidential pardon in January 2025. These court and clemency events are dated separately. Leadership chronology; Release coverage.

Political association and Roger Stone

The House January 6 Select Committee described Tarrio as a contact and volunteer for Roger Stone; the record discusses 2019–2020 events and communication involving Stone and Proud Boys members. This is a source-backed relationship distinct from McInnes's earlier group founding. Committee report.

Separate 2020 property and magazine case

Tarrio was involved in burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a Washington church in December 2020. He was arrested on a destruction-of-property warrant in January 2021 and also faced a charge related to ammunition magazines. He pleaded guilty to separate D.C. property and attempted-possession offenses in July 2021 and received a 155-day jail term. Those events are distinct from the federal January 6 sedition prosecution. DOJ separate-case announcement.

January 6, trial and sentence

Tarrio had been ordered to leave Washington and did not physically attend the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. Prosecutors and the House committee documented remote communications with other leaders. A jury convicted him and other leaders of seditious conspiracy in May 2023, and he was sentenced to 22 years. The verdict relates to conduct for which he was prosecuted; it does not establish McInnes's participation in Tarrio's communications or operational decisions. Congressional chronology; DOJ verdict statement.

Presidential clemency and later activity

Trump's January 20, 2025 proclamation included a full pardon for qualifying January 6 defendants not named in its separate fourteen-person commutation list, including Tarrio. It is important to distinguish a pardon from a commutation and both from an appellate reversal or finding of innocence. In October 2025, McInnes's platform archived an Infowars broadcast featuring both men. This establishes later public contact, not a newly assumed leadership role for McInnes. Official proclamation; AP release report; Broadcast listing.

Documented connections

Proud Boys — later national chair and January 6 case participant.
Gavin McInnes — organizational predecessor and later 2025 joint media appearance.
undefined — contacts and volunteer role documented in federal House investigative report.
Compound Censored — platform archiving joint media appearance.
Donald Trump — presidential clemency action, 2025; not automatic evidence of a private directive or ongoing personal relationship.