Proud Boys Leaders in Four States
Are Charged in Capitol Riot
Joseph Biggs, left, and Ethan Nordean walking toward the Capitol before the mob attack on Jan. 6 in Washington. The two were implicated as part of a conspiracy to destroy government property and obstruct the certification of President Biden’s electoral victory.Credit...Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press
Prosecutors accused prominent members of the far-right nationalist group of conspiring together in connection with the Jan. 6 attack.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/us/politics/proud-boys-charges-capitol-riot.h...By Adam Goldman and Alan Feuer
March 17, 2021
WASHINGTON — F.B.I. agents have arrested two organizers for the Proud Boys in Philadelphia and North Carolina, and prosecutors filed new charges against two other prominent members of the far-right group in Florida and Washington State as federal authorities continued their crackdown on its leadership ranks, three law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
With the new conspiracy indictment, prosecutors have now brought charges against a total of 13 people identified in court papers as members of the Proud Boys. Federal investigators have described the group, which appeared in force in Washington on Jan. 6, as one of the chief instigators of the riot at the Capitol that left five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer.
In the indictment, prosecutors accused Charles Donohoe, a Proud Boys leader from North Carolina, and Zach Rehl, the president of the group’s chapter in Philadelphia, of conspiring to interfere with law enforcement officers at the Capitol and obstruct the certification of President Biden’s electoral victory. Two other high-ranking Proud Boys who were already facing similar charges — Ethan Nordean of Auburn, Wash., and Joseph Biggs of Ormond Beach, Fla. — were also implicated as part of the conspiracy.