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- Proud Boys Enrique Tarrio and one co-defendant were due to be sentenced Wednesday for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
- But the hearing was abruptly canceled at the last minute.
- Prosecutors were seeking 33 years behind bars for Tarrio, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges in May.
A sentencing hearing for former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio and Ethan Nordean, a leader from Washington State, was abruptly canceled on Wednesday.
Initially, the Justice Department issued a statement that the cancelation was due to an emergency, but the United States Marshals Service later clarified to Insider that it was because the judge assigned to the case was out sick.
"Due to an emergency, the court is not proceeding today with sentencings in the Proud Boy cases," the Justice Department first said.