All defendants now face a total of nine charges, and Pezzola faces an additional robbery charge. The superseding indictment adds two charges to the earlier indictment: one count of seditious conspiracy, and one count of conspiracy to prevent an officer from discharging any duties. They pleaded not guilty to charges contained in earlier indictments.

All previously were indicted and remain detained. The defendants include Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 38, of Miami, Florida, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys Ethan Nordean, 31, of Auburn, Washington Joseph Biggs, 38, of Ormond Beach, Florida Zachary Rehl, 37, of Philadelphia, and Dominic Pezzola, 44, of Rochester, New York. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Their actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a superseding indictment today charging five members of the Proud Boys, including the group’s former national chairman, with seditious conspiracy and other charges for their actions before and during the breach of the U.S.

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