and the assault on Democracy he was director of operation this is Enrique itario National chairman of the so-called proud boys 300 uh proud boys their marching eastbound he guided the right-wing group remotely as its so-called rally boys stormed the capital 's instructions came from a hotel room in Baltimore he'd been arrested in the days before and told to stay away from Washington prosecutor said tario was part of a command chain that organized and directed a force to attack the heart of U.S democracy we fight like hell Donald Trump was cited by targos lawyers as his inspiration behind January the 6th some of the guys that are in there for the j6 stuff they're going to be in there for a while they're political Prisoners the scapegoat defense didn't spare him a conviction he joins four other senior members of The Proud boys now Behind Bars they are sentencing a setback to leadership and influence on the far right [Applause] today is Luke something like this [Applause] what we need to do is show other white men that they can stand up too to not be afraid stick up for your self so what does that mean does that mean violence no it doesn't mean violence all of our goals can be achieved non-violently the most violence is on your side subjugation of our race this was a demonstration in Orlando Florida of Neo-Nazi groups the weekend [Applause] the question would be does this develop into something bigger the kind of something that this country has experienced in its recent past in the wake of January the 6th public demonstrations of extremism have generally been small scale Janet Holt a researcher in the field believes that could change with the coming election I think there's definitely sort of a buzzing energy that the right person whether it's Trump or DeSantis or somebody else entirely uh you know if they're able to pick that up things could change really quickly the January the sex trials have removed extremists from the streets extremism itself Marches On James Matthews Sky News in Orlando Florida