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By MELISSA GOLDIN, Associated Press
As protests continue in Minneapolis after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, social media users are falsely claiming that Enrique Tarrio, a former Proud Boys leader, is working for the federal agency.
President Donald Trump pardoned Tarrio in a sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Tarrio was serving a 22-year prison sentence for orchestrating a failed plot to keep Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. His was one of the most serious cases brought by the Justice Department and he received the longest sentence handed down for the attack.
Posts cited a list of leaked ICE agents as alleged evidence. However, both ICE and Tarrio say he does n...
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