Former Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Lt. Shane Lamond was convicted Monday of obstructing an investigation into the former Proud Boys national chair, Enrique Tarrio, just weeks before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson found Lamond guilty on one count of obstructing justice and three counts of making false statements to federal law enforcement officials, including when Lamond lied and said that he did not tip off Tarrio to the fact that law enforcement had a warrant out for his arrest. Tarrio was a prime suspect at the time in an investigation into the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner.

Lamond's sentencing date is set for........

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