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Former DC police officer sentenced to 18 months for lying about leaking info to Proud Boys leader

Read full article: Former DC police officer sentenced to 18 months for lying about leaking info to Proud Boys leader

A retired police officer was sentenced on Friday to serve 18 months behind bars for lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the Proud Boys extremist group’s former top leader, who was under investigation for burning a Black Lives Matter banner in the nation’s capital.

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5 Proud Boys sue US government over Jan. 6 prosecutions

Read full article: 5 Proud Boys sue US government over Jan. 6 prosecutions

Five 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.

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Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio says he met with Trump in Florida

Read full article: Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio says he met with Trump in Florida

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio says he met President Donald Trump over the weekend in Florida.

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Takeaways from AP’s report on pardoned Jan. 6 rioters being embraced in Republican politics

Read full article: Takeaways from AP’s report on pardoned Jan. 6 rioters being embraced in Republican politics

President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 Capitol rioters on his first day in office, and now some of those involved in the Jan. 6 attack are getting a platform to tell their version of events.

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Some Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump are now embraced as heroes and candidates for office

Read full article: Some Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump are now embraced as heroes and candidates for office

Some of the rioters who tried to take over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are now considering running for office after being pardoned by President Donald Trump.

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A historic Black church took the Proud Boys to court. Now it controls their trademark

Read full article: A historic Black church took the Proud Boys to court. Now it controls their trademark

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.

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Trump's speech to Congress comes as he wields vast power almost daring lawmakers, courts to stop him

Read full article: Trump's speech to Congress comes as he wields vast power almost daring lawmakers, courts to stop him

President Donald Trump is heading to Capitol Hill this week to deliver a speech to Congress.

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Trump's top prosecutor in DC demotes several supervisors who handled politically sensitive cases

Read full article: Trump's top prosecutor in DC demotes several supervisors who handled politically sensitive cases

Several senior leaders in Washington’s federal prosecutors office have been demoted to jobs handling misdemeanors or other low-level matters.

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The few Republicans who still oppose Trump gather in search of a path to oppose him

Read full article: The few Republicans who still oppose Trump gather in search of a path to oppose him

Conservatives who filled a ballroom a few blocks from the White House have lamented that the United States is abandoning the fundamental ideals that forged a great nation.

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Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested near Capitol on assault charge after press conference

Read full article: Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested near Capitol on assault charge after press conference

Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio has been arrested near the U.S. Capitol on a charge that he assaulted a woman protesting a gathering attended by Tarrio and others who received presidential pardons for crimes stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in the nation’s capital.

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Black church vandalized by Proud Boys given rights to the group's name and trademark by court

Read full article: Black church vandalized by Proud Boys given rights to the group's name and trademark by court

The Proud Boys has lost the trademark to their name and logos after a Washington D.

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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 extremists

President 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.

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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 attack

A 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.

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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 return

Former Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio is urging President-elect Donald Trump to pardon him over the Jan. 6 insurrection as Trump’s return to power has thrown into question the future of the Jan. 6 cases.

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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 leader

A retired police officer in the nation’s capital has been convicted of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group.

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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 “frightening” if the anti-government group’s 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.

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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 present

The 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.

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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 attack

An 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 prosecutor’s questions about the attack.

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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 “beyond frustrating and disappointing” if the president-elect hands out mass pardons to rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol after the 2020 election.

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Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Read full article: Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Former 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.

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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 attack

Two 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.

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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 case

Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio’s sentencing for orchestrating the far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol has been delayed until Sept. 5.

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Police officer charged with lying about leaks to Proud Boys leader

Read full article: Police officer charged with lying about leaks to Proud Boys leader

A 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.

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Proud Boys 1/6 verdict boosts Justice Dept. in Trump probe

Read full article: Proud Boys 1/6 verdict boosts Justice Dept. in Trump probe

The seditious conspiracy convictions of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three lieutenants bolsters the Justice Department’s high-profile wins in its historic prosecution of the Capitol attack.

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EXPLAINER: Sedition charge in Proud Boys' Jan. 6 case

Read full article: EXPLAINER: Sedition charge in Proud Boys' Jan. 6 case

The 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.

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Proud Boys' Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Read full article: Proud Boys' Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Former 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.

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Proud Boys Jan. 6 trial in hands of jury weighing conspiracy

Read full article: Proud Boys Jan. 6 trial in hands of jury weighing conspiracy

Jurors have begun deliberating the case of former Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants, all charged with seditious conspiracy.

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Jury to deliberate in major Jan. 6 case against Proud Boys

Read full article: Jury to deliberate in major Jan. 6 case against Proud Boys

The seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants has gone to the jury.

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Defense rests at sedition trial for Proud Boys leaders

Read full article: Defense rests at sedition trial for Proud Boys leaders

Defense 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.

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Proud Boys had 'no objective' on Jan. 6, defendant testifies

Read full article: Proud Boys had 'no objective' on Jan. 6, defendant testifies

A 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 “no objective” that day.

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Proud Boys leaders' Jan. 6 sedition trial inches to a close

Read full article: Proud Boys leaders' Jan. 6 sedition trial inches to a close

A 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.

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Informant didn't spy on Proud Boys defense, prosecutors say

Read full article: Informant didn't spy on Proud Boys defense, prosecutors say

As 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.

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Prosecutors reveal planned Proud Boys witness was informant

Read full article: Prosecutors reveal planned Proud Boys witness was informant

A 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.

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Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot

Read full article: Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot

Prosecutors 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.

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Ex-member: Proud Boys were 'tip of the spear' after election

Read full article: Ex-member: Proud Boys were 'tip of the spear' after election

A 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.

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EXPLAINER: The seditious conspiracy charges in Jan. 6 trial

Read full article: EXPLAINER: The seditious conspiracy charges in Jan. 6 trial

The former national chairman of the Proud Boys and four associates are standing trial on seditious conspiracy charges in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Arizona GOP election audit draws more Republican politicians

Read full article: Arizona GOP election audit draws more Republican politicians

Three Pennsylvania lawmakers were in Arizona to check out the state Senate GOP’s partisan audit of the 2020 election.

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Canada designates the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity

Read full article: Canada designates the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity

Enrique Tarrio, the chairman of Proud Boys, called the terrorist designation “ridiculous.”"There is no basis for it. All the Canadian Proud Boys have ever done is go to rallies,” 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.”The government calls the Proud Boys a neo-fascist organization with semiautonomous chapters located in the United States, Canada, and internationally.

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‘Hate group' mentioned on presidential debate stage has Florida ties

Read full article: ‘Hate group' mentioned on presidential debate stage has Florida ties

Go ahead, who would you like me to condemn?”Wallace: “White supremacists.”Trump: “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by. Sheri Zvi, regional director of Florida’s Anti-Defamation League, said the Proud Boys represent an unconventional strain of American right-wing extremism. Proud Boys have chapters in most states and several international chapters in Britain, Norway and Australia, according to ADL. CNN correspondent Elle Reeve spoke with members of the Proud Boys at a recent event. In Jacksonville, a firefighter who hinted at a connection to the Florida Proud Boys was reassigned after the city discovered inflammatory statements posted on social media.

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