The Hill's Evening Report — Proud Boys face seditious conspiracy charges

View Online  Evening Report Monday, June 6 ©  Getty Proud Boys face seditious conspiracy charges Federal prosecutors on Monday added seditious conspiracy to the list of charges five Proud Boys leaders are facing over their alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.   A superseding federal grand jury indictment unsealed Monday marks the second time the Justice Department has brought the serious charge following the attack.   The five Proud Boys members, including the group's national leader, Enrique Tarrio, had been charged over the past year with conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and various other counts.   Both of the types of conspiracy charges are punishable by up to 20 years in prison.   Prosecutors earlier this year charged members of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia with seditious conspiracy.   "Mr. Tarrio will have his day in court and we will vigorously represent our client through this process," Tarrio's lawyer, Nayib Hassan, said in an email. 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