Pardoned Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio says he visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago and now plans to run for office

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has already visited President Trump since he pardoned him from his 22-year prison sentence — and plans to follow him into politics.“Two weeks ago I was in prison and just last night I was in Mar-a-Lago at the president’s house,” Tarrio, 40, told Newsmax late Wednesday, without divulging exactly what he discussed with Trump, who pardoned him and 1,600 other Jan.6 prisoners.Tarrio, who is still a Proud Boys member, told “Greg Kelly Reports” that he initially planned just to “relax” and “kick back” and watch movies once he was freed early.“And that’s not that’s not what I’ve done at all … I’ve kind of just jumped back on the horse,” he said.“I think my future is in politics.

I think I’m going to take a serious look at running for office at some point in 2026 or 2028, and I believe that there is a path for that because it is my passion.”Tarrio said he plans to “take [his] time with picking what office specifically” he will run for.“Is it going to be local? Is it going to be at a federal level? I don’t know, but I will tell you that I have made a decision,” he said.Tarrio was not at the Capitol on Jan.6, 2020, but was convicted of seditious conspiracy for helping to orchestrate his group’s storming of the Capitol, in part based on texts he sent that day.

He served just 16 months of his 22-year sentence — one of the longest issued by a judge in a Jan.6 case. ...