BREAKING NEWS
Experts worry that Trump's Jan. 6 pardons will legitimize political violence, embolden extremists
Read full article: Experts worry that Trump's Jan. 6 pardons will legitimize political violence, embolden extremistsPresident Donald Trump's pardons of those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and the rhetoric of retribution from some of those released this week is raising deep concern among attorneys, former federal investigators and experts who follow extremism.
Ex-police officer and Proud Boys member gets 14 months in prison for joining Capitol attack
Read full article: Ex-police officer and Proud Boys member gets 14 months in prison for joining Capitol attackA former police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow members of the Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.
Hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions are in limbo as a DC court awaits Trump's White House return
Read full article: Hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions are in limbo as a DC court awaits Trump's White House returnFormer Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio is urging President-elect Donald Trump to pardon him over the Jan. 6 insurrection as Trumpās return to power has thrown into question the future of the Jan. 6 cases.
An ex-Washington police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leader
Read full article: An ex-Washington police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leaderA retired police officer in the nationās capital has been convicted of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group.
Judge: Pardoning Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes for Capitol riot plot would be 'frightening'
Read full article: Judge: Pardoning Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes for Capitol riot plot would be 'frightening'The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers members says it would be āfrighteningā if the anti-government groupās founder, Stewart Rhodes, is pardoned for orchestrating a violent plot to keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot, but no undercover agents were present
Read full article: Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot, but no undercover agents were presentThe FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot even though the bureau did prepare for the possibility of violence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a watchdog report.
Imprisoned Proud Boys leader balks at answering a prosecutor's questions about Capitol attack
Read full article: Imprisoned Proud Boys leader balks at answering a prosecutor's questions about Capitol attackAn imprisoned far-right extremist group leader who was the top target of the federal investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has balked at answering a prosecutorās questions about the attack.
Trump-nominated judge says blanket pardons for Capitol rioters would be 'beyond frustrating'
Read full article: Trump-nominated judge says blanket pardons for Capitol rioters would be 'beyond frustrating'A federal judge who was nominated by Donald Trump says it would be ābeyond frustrating and disappointingā if the president-elect hands out mass pardons to rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol after the 2020 election.
Proud Boysā Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Read full article: Proud Boysā Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracyFormer Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for orchestrating a failed plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election.
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.
Judge's illness delays sentencing for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case
Read full article: Judge's illness delays sentencing for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 caseFormer Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrioās sentencing for orchestrating the far-right extremist groupās attack on the U.S. Capitol has been delayed until Sept. 5.
Police officer charged with lying about leaks to Proud Boys leader
Read full article: Police officer charged with lying about leaks to Proud Boys leaderA police officer has been arrested on charges that he lied about leaking confidential information to a leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and obstructed an investigation after group members destroyed a Black Lives Matter banner in the nation's capital.
āRight wing death squadā: What to know about the Allen shooterās neo-Nazi views
Read full article: āRight wing death squadā: What to know about the Allen shooterās neo-Nazi viewsThe shooterās āRWDSā patch offers troubling clues about his ideology ā and how it connects to views that are common among white supremacists.
Proud Boys 1/6 verdict boosts Justice Dept. in Trump probe
Read full article: Proud Boys 1/6 verdict boosts Justice Dept. in Trump probeThe seditious conspiracy convictions of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three lieutenants bolsters the Justice Departmentās high-profile wins in its historic prosecution of the Capitol attack.
What seditious conspiracy means in Proud Boys' Jan. 6 case
Read full article: What seditious conspiracy means in Proud Boys' Jan. 6 caseThe seditious conspiracy convictions of leaders of the Proud Boys extremist group mark another major victory for the Justice Department in its massive prosecution of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Proud Boys' Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Read full article: Proud Boys' Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracyFormer Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group have been convicted of a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol to keep Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Defense rests at sedition trial for Proud Boys leaders
Read full article: Defense rests at sedition trial for Proud Boys leadersDefense attorneys have finished presenting their trial testimony for the landmark case against former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with plotting to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election.
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 āno objectiveā that day.
Proud Boys leaders' Jan. 6 sedition trial inches to a close
Read full article: Proud Boys leaders' Jan. 6 sedition trial inches to a closeA jury will soon decide whether the onetime leader of the Proud Boys extremist group is guilty in one of the most serious cases brought in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Informant didn't spy on Proud Boys defense, prosecutors say
Read full article: Informant didn't spy on Proud Boys defense, prosecutors sayAs revelations that a defense witness was also an FBI informant roil the already contentious Capitol riot trial of members of the far-right Proud Boys group, prosecutors say the informant was never told to gather information about the defendants or their lawyers.
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.
Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot
Read full article: Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plotProsecutors are employing an unusual strategy to prove that leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group orchestrated a violent plot to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory.
Ex-member: Proud Boys were 'tip of the spear' after election
Read full article: Ex-member: Proud Boys were 'tip of the spear' after electionA jury is hearing testimony from a former high-ranking Proud Boys member who pleaded guilty to plotting with group leaders to violently stop the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden.
Canada designates the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity
Read full article: Canada designates the Proud Boys as a terrorist entityEnrique Tarrio, the chairman of Proud Boys, called the terrorist designation āridiculous.ā"There is no basis for it. All the Canadian Proud Boys have ever done is go to rallies,ā Tarrio said in a phone interview. He estimated there are between 1,000 and 1,500 Proud Boys in Canada. Sending money to the organization or buying Proud Boys paraphernalia would also be a crime. On January 6, 2021, the Proud Boys played a pivotal role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.āThe government calls the Proud Boys a neo-fascist organization with semiautonomous chapters located in the United States, Canada, and internationally.