Members of the far-right Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (C), rally in support of U.S. President Donald Trump to protest against the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington, November 14, 2020.
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Sentencing hearings for Enrique Tarrio and another Proud Boys leader in the Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case were postponed Wednesday after the presiding judge called out sick, federal authorities told NBC News.
The abrupt cancellation of a sentencing hearing for Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right group who face potential decades in prison, was initially chalked up to an unspecified “emergency” by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C.
But a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service told NBC that the sentencing was cancelled because presiding Judge Timothy Kelly was sick.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. District Court in D.C. confirmed to CNBC that there was no security emergency at the courthouse.
Tarrio’s sentencing was rescheduled to next Tuesday, Sept. 5, court documents showed later Wednesday morning. Ethan Nordean, a Proud Boys chapter leader who was set to be sentenced Wednesday afternoon, had his hearing rescheduled for Friday.
Tarrio, 39, was set to be sentenced Wednesday morning following his conviction on charges he helped mastermind a seditious conspiracy to disrupt the 2020 presidential election certification on Jan. 6, 2021.
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