5 Proud Boys sue US government over Jan. 6 prosecutions
Read full article: 5 Proud Boys sue US government over Jan. 6 prosecutionsFive members of the Proud Boys, a far-right militant group, have filed a lawsuit claiming their constitutional rights were violated when they were prosecuted for their participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Two ex-Proud Boys leaders get among the longest sentences in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Read full article: Two ex-Proud Boys leaders get among the longest sentences in the Jan. 6 Capitol attackTwo former leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group have been sentenced to more than a decade each in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election.
Prosecutor: Proud Boys viewed themselves as 'Trump's army'
Read full article: Prosecutor: Proud Boys viewed themselves as 'Trump's army'A prosecutor says Proud Boys leaders charged with plotting to use violence to keep Donald Trump in power saw the far-right extremist group as the former president's โarmy.โ.
Proud Boys had 'no objective' on Jan. 6, defendant testifies
Read full article: Proud Boys had 'no objective' on Jan. 6, defendant testifiesA former leader in the Proud Boys has taken the witness stand to fight seditious conspiracy and other serious charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, telling jurors the group had โno objectiveโ that day.
Prosecutors reveal planned Proud Boys witness was informant
Read full article: Prosecutors reveal planned Proud Boys witness was informantA lawyer for one of the former Proud Boys leaders charged with seditious conspiracy says federal prosecutors have revealed that a defense witness was secretly acting as a government informant for nearly two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Prosecutors rest in sedition case against Proud Boys leaders
Read full article: Prosecutors rest in sedition case against Proud Boys leadersFederal prosecutors have rested their seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with plotting to stop the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 election.
Jury selection to begin in Proud Boys Jan. 6 sedition trial
Read full article: Jury selection to begin in Proud Boys Jan. 6 sedition trialJury selection is expected to get underway Monday in the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and four other members of the extremist group.
Judge refuses to dismiss alleged Proud Boys leaders' charges
Read full article: Judge refuses to dismiss alleged Proud Boys leaders' chargesA federal judge has refused to throw out an indictment charging four alleged leaders of the far-right Proud Boys with conspiring to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Bidenโs electoral victory.
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4 men linked to Proud Boys charged in plot to attack Capitol
Read full article: 4 men linked to Proud Boys charged in plot to attack CapitolAdTarrio hasn't been charged in connection with the riots, but the latest indictment refers to him by his title as Proud Boys' chairman. Nordean, 30, of Auburn, Washington, was a Proud Boys chapter president and member of the groupโs national โElders Council.โ Biggs, 37, of Ormond Beach, Florida, is a self-described Proud Boys organizer. Proud Boys members, who describe themselves as a politically incorrect menโs club for โWestern chauvinists,โ have frequently engaged in street fights with antifascist activists at rallies and protests. Vice Media co-founder Gavin McInnes, who founded the Proud Boys in 2016, sued the Southern Poverty Law Center for labeling it as a hate group. Several Proud Boys also entered the Capitol building itself after the mob smashed windows and forced open doors.
