This is the first major trial involving leaders of the far-right Proud Boys, a neofacist group of self-described “Western chauvinists” that remains a force in mainstream Republican circles.
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
The prosecution’s words underscore how the Justice Department has worked throughout the trial to link the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, to the rhetoric and actions of the former president. Prosecutors have repeatedly shown jurors a video clip of Trump telling the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by” during his first presidential debate with Joe Biden.
Mulroe said a conspiracy can be an unspoken and implicit “mutual understanding, reached with a wink and a nod.” “If Biden steals this election, will be political prisoners,” Tarrio posted on Nov. 16, 2020. “We won’t go quietly … I promise.” The defense attorneys called several current and former Proud Boys to the stand, trying to portray the group as a drinking club that only engaged in violence for self-defense against antifascist activists.
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