The FBI has accused a supporter of the Proud Boys of threatening to deploy "cars full of armed patriots" to Washington as the Capitol was under siege last week.
Federal authorities have arrested a supporter of the Proud Boys extremist group who they say threatened to deploy “cars full of armed patriots” to Washington.
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Print article WASHINGTON Federal authorities announced several new charges Wednesday against people allegedly involved in last week’s riot at the Capitol, including a man said to have worn a pro-Nazi sweatshirt, a five-time Olympic medalist and two police officers from southwest Virginia. Many of the those charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday face misdemeanors and were released without bond, with prosecutors asking only that they be temporarily barred from Washington. “Things that are planned to happen in D.C. perhaps this coming week . . . there is obviously a concern there,” acting U.S. attorney Daniel Bubar said in court of asking defendants to stay away from the region.