In the most significant trial to emerge from the January 6th Capitol attack, the prosecutors accused Proud Boys of leading and assembling the mob that breached police lines and the building itself. They also urged the jury to convict former Proud Boys Chair, Enrique Tarrio, and four other associates of seditious conspiracy, in the plan to forcibly prevent the transfer of U.S. President's power from Trump to Joe Biden, together with several other federal crimes. The prosecutor claimed that Proud Boys members saw themselves as former President Donald Trump's army fighting against the presidential election results to keep Trump in the presidency. The group leaders considered Proud Boys a “fighting force” and ignited the conspiracy on December 19, 2020, shortly after Trump called to support the "wild" protest against the election results in Washington D.C. 

After hearing the case for almost four months, the jurors will begin deliberating on Tuesday after each of the five defendants present their closing arguments. Seditious conspiracy charges carry a sentence of up to 20 years, while other Proud Boys members face several charges too. Defense attorneys argued that there was no plan of attacking the Capitol and there is no evidence of a conspiracy.