Capitol Riots panel: Donald Trump's associates' ties to extremists probed by prosecutors
• 3 years agoTop leaders and members of the Oath Keepers and another far-right group — the Proud Boys — have been charged with seditious conspiracy in the most serious cases the Justice Department has brought so far in the 6 January attack
Proud Boys ex-leader charged with sedition over Capitol riot: What you need to know about far-right group
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoThe Proud Boys call themselves a “pro-Western fraternal organisation for men who refuse to apologise for creating the modern world”. The US government said the group engages in political violence and that members espouse misogynistic, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, and white supremacy
House Democrat sues ex-president Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani over role in riot at US Capitol
• 4 years agoThe suit by Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson traces the drawn-out effort by Trump and Giuliani to cast doubt on the election results and seeks unspecified punitive and compensatory damages
US Capitol siege: Two men, including organiser of far-right extremist group 'Proud Boys', arrested in Florida
• 4 years agoJoseph Biggs, a self-styled organiser for the 'Proud Boys', was arrested in central Florida and is facing charges of obstructing an official proceeding before Congress, entering a restricted area on the grounds of the Capitol and disorderly conduct
'Trump will go down as a total failure': Mitch McConnell, Proud Boys among key loyalists to desert ex-president
Fp Staff • 4 years agoTrump also hinted about a comeback despite a legacy of chaos, tumult and bitter divisions in the country he led for four years
Proud Boys now turn on 'extraordinarily weak' Donald Trump, brand him a 'total failure'
• 4 years agoThe group expected Trump to champion the mob, according to their social media messages. Instead, Trump released a video on 8 January denouncing the Capitol violence