SEATTLE -- A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of suburban Seattle man and prominent member of the Proud Boys far-right group, pending trial on charges filed in connection with the January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., granted Ethan Nordean's request for release despite prosecutors' new allegations about the key role he played as the Proud Boys' de facto leader and an organizer of the Capitol riot, The Seattle Times reported. Though she called evidence of Nordean's alleged role troubling, Howell ruled the government had "not met its burden by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant poses a danger to the community, or by a preponderance that he will flee" before trial.