Tag Archives: Proud Boys

“It Was Antifa” Rioter Found Guilty Of Assaulting Cops

The Washington Post reports: Christopher Worrell, 52, of Naples, Fla., was found guilty after a five-day bench trial on all seven counts, including felony charges of obstructing Congress’s confirmation of the 2020 presidential election results and assaulting police with a deadly or dangerous weapon by spraying three officers with pepper gel. Worrell interacted with former Proud Boys chairman Henry “Enrique” …

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Nazi Proud Boy Rioter Sentenced To Four More Years

NBC News reports: A military veteran who espoused antisemitic views was sentenced to four years in prison Monday on felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from the Capitol riot. Hatchet Speed of Vienna, Virginia, a former Navy reservist who had a “top secret” security clearance and worked for a defense contractor on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced in Washington, D.C., for …

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Newsmax Host Calls Proud Boys Convictions A “Sham”

“The fake news ecstatic today because Enrique Tarrio and several of his friends convicted, very serious charges. He faces decades in prison, potentially, and I think the whole damn thing is a sham and a shame. “Seditious conspiracy, obstructing official proceedings, no. Look, he wasn’t even there. I’ve seen the evidence. Granted, I did not sit through all of the …

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BREAKING: Proud Boys Found Guilty Of Sedition

NBC News reports: A jury has reached a partial verdict for at least some of the defendants in the five members of the far-right Proud Boys organization who are facing charges of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly said from the bench Thursday. Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, …

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Jury Begins Deliberations In Proud Boys Sedition Trial

The Associated Press reports: The jury will begin deliberating Wednesday to decide whether the onetime Proud Boys national chairman and four co-defendants are guilty of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors allege was a desperate plot to keep President Donald Trump in the White House after the Republican lost the 2020 election. Prosecutors in Washington have shown jurors hundreds of messages …

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Today: Closing Arguments In Proud Boys Sedition Trial

The Associated Press reports: A federal jury in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to begin hearing closing arguments on Monday after more than three months of testimony in the seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants. The Justice Department has already secured seditious conspiracy convictions against the founder and members of another far-right extremist …

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Felon Proud Boy Shoots At Cops Ahead Of Riot Trial

NBC News reports: A Texas man facing charges in the Jan. 6 riot opened fire last week on sheriff’s deputies who had gone to his home to check on him ahead of his scheduled surrender to the FBI, according to new criminal complaint. Nathan Donald Pelham of Greenville, who initially faced four misdemeanor charges tied to the insurrection, now faces …

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Proud Boy Loses Claim Carlson Footage Is Exculpatory

Politico reports: Prosecutors did not withhold or “suppress” Jan. 6 security footage — aired in February by Tucker Carlson — from the Proud Boys now on trial for seditious conspiracy, a federal judge ruled late Sunday. U.S. District Court Judge Tim Kelly used his 10-page order to knock down a series of thinly premised but eye-popping allegations lodged by one …

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Appeals Court Upholds Obstruction Charge For Rioters

NBC News reports: A federal appeals court panel has affirmed the government’s use of an obstruction charge used against hundreds of defendants arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, though the complex opinion appears likely to result in additional litigation and leaves questions about the future of the use of the statute. A three-judge panel, …

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Strangers Have Been Accosting Proud Boys Jurors

CNN reports: A juror in the federal trial of five Proud Boys members accused of plotting to stop Congress’ certification of the 2020 presidential election has raised fears that she was being followed, according to multiple people familiar with the matter – the latest incident to delay the already monthslong trial. A juror told the court an individual came up …

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Ohio Church Vandalized Ahead Of Drag Story Hour

Cleveland’s Fox affiliate reports: A local church says it was vandalized on Friday ahead of its drag show brunch and story hour planned for April 1. The Community Church of Chesterland said in a press release that its sign was destroyed by Molotov cocktails leaving minimal damage to the church, which was unoccupied at the time, and no injuries. “Despite …

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Proud Boys Defense Witness Revealed As Informant

The Associated Press reports: Federal prosecutors disclosed Wednesday that a witness expected to testify for the defense at the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four associates was secretly acting as a government informant for nearly two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a defense lawyer said in a court …

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Proud Boys Bloodied At NYC Drag Protest [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: A masked protester was arrested during clashing demonstrations outside a Manhattan drag story hour hosted by state Attorney General Letitia James on Sunday, cops said. The gold-masked man was taken into custody around 11:30 a.m. after an assault at the protest outside the LGBTQ Community Center on W. 13th St. in Greenwich Village. He …

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Carlson: 2020 Election Is “Biggest Scam In My Lifetime”

Mediaite reports: Tucker Carlson referred to the 2021 Capitol insurrection as the second-biggest scam of his lifetime on Tuesday night. The Fox News host was interviewing a self-professed Proud Boy who trespassed at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the building. Daniel Goodwyn pleaded guilty last month to entering the Capitol and …

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Proud Boy Denied Pre-Trial Release From “Cruel” DC Jail

Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: A federal judge denied a Jan. 6 defendant’s third motion to be released from pretrial custody on Tuesday – saying he found no violations of constitutional rights at the D.C. Jail that would warrant his release. Last month, Christopher Quaglin – a New Jersey electrician the Justice Department says is a member of the Proud …

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Militia Member Rioter Pleads Guilty To Assaulting Cops

The Washington Post reports: A Colorado man prosecutors say was affiliated with the right-wing, anti-government Three Percenters movement pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of assaulting police during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, admitting that he marched with the Proud Boys, a different far-right group, for several hours before attacking officers. Robert Gieswein, 26, of Woodland Park, Colo., stood …

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Oregon Proud Boy Convicted Of Ten Felony Charges

Law & Crime reports: A 26-year-old member of the far-right Proud Boys organization in Oregon was convicted this week of multiple felonies for his role in inciting and participating in a brawl during a “Patriot Rally” he helped organize in the summer of 2021. Following a three-day trial, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Amy Baggio on Thursday found Tusitala “Tiny” …

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REPORT: Trump To Accept Subpoena From Proud Boy

Raw Story reports: Former President Donald Trump will reportedly accept a subpoena related to the Jan. 6 trial of members of the Proud Boys group. Four group members, including leader Enrique Tarrio, said they would subpoena Trump as part of their defense. “Donald Trump called on patriots to stop the steal. We’re calling on Donald Trump to take the stand,” …

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Proud Boys To Subpoena Trump In Sedition Trial

Politico reports: Leaders of the far-right Proud Boys say they intend to subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify in the ongoing trial pertaining to the group’s alleged conspiracy to forcibly derail the transfer of power from Trump to President Joe Biden. Prosecutors have underscored the group’s repeated responses to Trump’s public statements — from his Sept. 2020 debate-stage exhortation …

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DC Cop Tipped Proud Boys Leader To Coming Arrest

The Washington Post reports: The leader of a right-wing extremist group learned days in advance that he would be arrested for his actions after a pro-Trump rally through his conversations with a D.C. police lieutenant, according to testimony in federal court Wednesday. Enrique Tarrio has argued Shane Lamond, a 22-year-veteran of the D.C. police, is a key witness who could …

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