Pardoned Proud Boy Leader Demands J6 Investigators 'Pay for What They Did': 'Put Them Behind Bars'

Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, who was recently freed from prison after being pardoned by President Donald Trump, believes that those who investigated the January 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol should "pay for what they did."

In an interview with right-wing radio host Alex Jones on his show, Infowars, Tarrio heavily criticized the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, stating that its members perpetuated a miscarriage of justice against him and others convicted of crimes on that day.

"They didn't care about the evidence. They cared about putting Trump supporters in prison. Well, now it's our turn. Now it's our turn. I'm happy the president's focusing not on retribution and focusing on success, but I will tell you that I'm not gonna play by those rules," Tarrio told Jones. "The people who did this, they need to feel the heat. They need to be put behind bars, and they need to be prosecuted."

"In this country, our case proves that you could be put in prison for anything," he continued. "They need to be imprisoned. We need to find and put them behind bars for what they did. They need to pay for what they did."

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed executive orders pardoning more than 1,500 individuals convicted of crimes relating to January 6. Tarrio, who had been sentenced to 22 years in prison after being found guilty of seditious conspiracy for his involvement in the attack, was granted a full pardon. He served only 16 months in prison.

Tarrio continued to call for investigations into his perceived political foes, including former Attorney General Merrick Garland and Matthew Graves, the recently resigned U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, reported HuffPost.