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NBC News reports: A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly pepper spraying officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6, and who law enforcement officials say then allegedly made a menacing call to the FBI special agent investigating his role in the riot. Barry Bennett Ramey, who officials say was affiliated with the Proud Boys, was arrested in Florida on …

The British tabloid The Sun reports: A porn star and Iraq war veteran has blasted what he calls a “political witch hunt” after his arrest over the Capitol riot. Steven Miles – known by his stage name Sergeant Miles – told The Sun he is innocent after he was accused of shoving and trying to punch police officers. According to …

CBS News reports: Charles Donohoe, 34, who has close ties to Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and assaulting and impeding police officers. The maximum charges are 20 years for conspiracy and eight years for the assaulting and impeding police charge, although he’s expected to receive a lighter sentence for pleading guilty and cooperating. As part of …

Law & Crime reports: A California man who has proclaimed to be a member of the Proud Boys extremist group has pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Ricky Willden, 40, admitted Thursday that while facing off against Capitol police, he unloaded a canister of chemical spray on the officers, and then …

CNN reports: The leader of the West Virginia chapter of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty on Wednesday to illegally entering the US Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021. Jeffrey Finley, 29, faces up to one year in prison. The plea could be a significant step in one of the Justice Department’s most crucial investigations related to the attack, as prosecutors …

CBS News reports: Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys, pleaded not guilty to multiple federal felony counts on Tuesday, including conspiracy to obstruct Congress’ certification of the 2020 electoral votes stemming from his alleged participation in the Capitol attack of Jan. 6, 2021. Tarrio was arrested in Miami last month after a grand jury in …

Politico reports: The attorney general of Washington D.C. has expanded his lawsuit against members of the Jan. 6, 2021 mob that played leading roles in the attack on the Capitol — including Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes. Karl Racine announced Friday that he had added six new high-profile figures to the district’s lawsuit, which already featured more than 30 defendants …

The Guardian reports: Behind closed doors in a nondescript conference room at the foot of Capitol Hill, the House select committee investigating 6 January next week expects to hear testimony about the connections between the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys militia groups and the Capitol attack. The panel expects to hear how the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys …

Politico reports: The Jan. 6 select committee has obtained footage from a documentary film company that captured crucial moments during the run up to the assault on the Capitol — including snippets of an encounter between leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. The documentary company, Goldcrest Films International, obtained key footage while filming outside the Capitol on Jan. …

Law & Crime reports: Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys charged with conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, will stay behind bars pending trial. Tarrio was arrested on March 8 and charged with conspiracy, obstruction, and assault in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters. Although Tarrio wasn’t …

The New York Times reports: A document found by federal prosecutors in the possession of a far-right leader contained a detailed plan to surveil and storm government buildings around the Capitol on Jan. 6 last year, people familiar with the document said on Monday. The document, titled “1776 Returns,” was cited by prosecutors last week in charging the far-right leader, …

Politico reports: Prosecutors say a “documentary film crew” was present when Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes met for 30 minutes in an underground parking garage on Jan. 5, 2021. The details, revealed in a Justice Department court filing on Monday, provide new evidence of the encounter between the two groups, whose leaders played a …

The Daily Beast reports: Apparently taken by complete surprise, former Proud Boys ringleader Enrique Tarrio was handcuffed in nothing but his skivvies early Tuesday morning, as police arrived at his parents’ Miami home to arrest him for conspiracy in relation to the Jan. 6 insurrection. In footage of the arrest captured by NBC 6 South Florida, Tarrio, 38, can be …

The Washington Post reports: Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, a leader of the extremist group the Proud Boys, has been indicted on a conspiracy charge in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. An indictment was returned in U.S. District Court of Washington and docketed Tuesday morning. Tarrio, 38, who …

The Huffington Post reports: A chapter leader in the far-right Proud Boys extremist gang was charged with assault Sunday in Akron, Ohio, after he was recorded shouting racial epithets at a Black woman and then sucker-punching her in the face. A man police identified as Andrew Walls, 26, was caught on video outside a bar in the early hours of …

The Washington Post reports: A D.C. police lieutenant in the intelligence branch has been put on leave amid an investigation into alleged improper contacts with a prominent member of the extremist group Proud Boys, according to four law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case. The officials identified the officer as Shane Lamond, a 22-year veteran. Law enforcement officials said …

Reuters reports: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a meeting in a downtown DC garage the day before the January 6 Capitol Hill riot between the then-leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, the now-indicted leader of the Oath Keepers militia and other far-right figures, according to two witnesses interviewed by FBI agents. Among the half dozen people gathered …

USA Today reports: Henry “Enrique” Tarrio was released from jail in Washington, D.C., Friday morning after serving four months and a week for setting fire to a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic African American church in the nation’s capital. Tarrio has called himself the “chairman” of the Proud Boys extremist group, a white supremacist-adjacent gang notorious for street …

Law & Crime reports: A federal judge has ordered a Proud Boy who was spotted on tape throwing a sign inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6 back to jail, after multiple violations of his court-ordered curfew. Joshua Pruitt was captured on video throwing a “Quiet Please” sign while inside the Capitol on Jan. 6. Court papers show Pruitt flashing …

The Daily Beast reports: Kyle “Based Stickman” Chapman, a mascot for alt-right violence during the early Trump presidency, became famous brawling with leftist activists in California. He got probation for giving a man a brain hemorrhage with a barstool in Texas. Now he might have violated the terms of his probation by allegedly attacking health care workers in Idaho. Chapman …