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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 groups 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 tomorrows 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 Congresss 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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greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Taken off the scene the day before, what a miracle.
Fucking clowns.
marble falls
(56,358 posts)Faux pas
(14,582 posts)and for sure