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applegrove

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Tue Mar 23, 2021, 06:06 PM Mar 2021

Proud Boys conspired in multiple encrypted channels ahead of Jan. 6 riot, fearing criminal gang

Proud Boys conspired in multiple encrypted channels ahead of Jan. 6 riot, fearing criminal gang charges, U.S. alleges


By Spencer S. Hsu and Rachel Weiner at the Washington Post

March 19, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. EDT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/captiol-riots-indictment-proud-boys/2021/03/18/971da624-8770-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html?utm_source=reddit.com

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U.S. prosecutors accused Proud Boys leaders from four states of conspiring to overwhelm police and obstruct Congress in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, revealing detailed new encrypted communications between alleged leaders including an “unindicted co-conspirator” and two newly arrested defendants.

An indictment unsealed Friday charging Zach Rehl, 35, a president of the group’s chapter in Philadelphia, and Charles Donohoe, 33, an organizer in Winston-Salem, N.C., alleges they were among 60 others who communicated on an encrypted channel called “Boots on the Ground” and discussed how one already charged defendant wanted to “go over tomorrow’s plan.” Charging papers allege the group feared it was so close to being uncovered by the FBI and hit with criminal gang counts that they erased, or “nuked,” their prior communications on Jan. 4.

The indictment charged Rehl and Donahoe with six counts, including conspiracy to aid and abet the obstruction of Congress’s confirmation of the 2020 presidential election and police trying to prevent civil disorder.

The indictment also added the conspiracy and civil disorder count against previously charged Ethan Nordean, 30, of the Seattle area and Joseph Biggs, 37, of Ormond Beach, Fla., and dropped an allegation that Nordean abetted the destruction of government property.

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Proud Boys conspired in multiple encrypted channels ahead of Jan. 6 riot, fearing criminal gang (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2021 OP
Un-indicted co-conspirator FBI Informant Enrique Tarrio most likely greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #1
Sounds like somebody's been turned. marble falls Mar 2021 #2
HA HA HA Faux pas Mar 2021 #3
 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
1. Un-indicted co-conspirator FBI Informant Enrique Tarrio most likely
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 06:11 PM
Mar 2021

Taken off the scene the day before, what a miracle.

Fucking clowns.

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