Prominent Jan. 6 defendants plan to march to Capitol to mark 5 years since attack [View all]

Source: CBS News

Updated on: January 2, 2026 / 12:47 PM EST / CBS News


Washington — The former leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys and other defendants convicted for crimes connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol are set to return to Washington, D.C., for a march marking five years since the attack.

The event is billed as a memorial march honoring Ashli Babbitt and four others who died on or after Jan. 6. Babbitt, a supporter of President Trump's, was shot and killed by a U.S. Capitol Police officer while a mob attempted to breach the Speaker's Lobby outside the House chamber nearly five years ago. Brian Sicknick, a U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after suffering two strokes after he defended the Capitol during the assault, is also set to be honored.

Among those promoting the march is Enrique Tarrio, the former head of the Proud Boys who was convicted of charges including seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6 attack and sentenced to 22 years in prison. Tarrio was among the more than 1,500 defendants convicted of Jan. 6-related crimes who received clemency from President Trump on his first day back in the White House in January 2025.

Tarrio announced the event on social media, writing on X on Dec. 22 that it will be a "PATRIOTIC and PEACEFUL march." "If you have any intention of causing trouble we ask that you stay home. This event will focus on one thing and one thing only…HER memory," Tarrio said, referencing Babbitt.

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