Donohoe Attorney Says No Evidence To Support Capitol Riot Allegations by Neal Charnoff
10:52am May 26, 2021 In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, rioters storm the Capitol Building in Washington. Kernersville resident Charles Donohoe has been charged by federal authorities for his role in planning and participating in the insurrection. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
The lawyer for Kernersville resident Charles Donohoe says there is no evidence that he played a primary role in organizing the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Federal authorities believe the 33-year-old Donohoe is a local leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right group. He’s been charged with conspiring with other Proud Boys leaders to help plan and organize the attack at the Capitol. Donahoe remains in custody while his appeal works its way through the court system.
Federal prosecutors allege in court papers that Kernersville resident Charles Joseph Donohoe was part of a small group of Proud Boys formed in December to help plan and organize the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The new allegations are detailed in court papers that federal prosecutors filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Donohoe, 33, is president of the Piedmont chapter of the Proud Boys, a far-right group that espouses a pro-Western ideology. The Southern Poverty Law Center has said that the Proud Boys is a hate group, citing their misogynistic and anti-Muslim rhetoric. Members of the group have gotten into violent clashes with others, including at Black Lives Matter protests.
The attorney for local Proud Boys leader Charles Joseph Donohoe has officially appealed a decision to keep him in federal custody.
Lisa Costner, Donohoeâs attorney, filed a motion to revoke the custody ruling made April 22 by U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey.
Donohoe, 33, a Kernersville resident and former U.S. Marine, has been charged, along with three other men, in a six-count indictment connected to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The charges include conspiracy, obstruction of law-enforcement, obstruction of an official proceeding and destruction of federal property. The other three men charged are Ethan Nordean, 30, of Auburn, Wash.; Joseph Biggs, 37, of Ormond, Fla.; and Zachary Rehl, 35, of Philadelphia.
A series of three photographs - two of the same man - tell different stories about a day that will live in infamy.
The first snapshot shows Charles Donohoe, a now 33-year-old as a young man with chin and cheeks clean shaven so as to conform with military regulation.
His face reflects the confidence of a young man filled with pride common to Marines, soldiers and sailors whoâve sworn to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic.
The second, a mugshot widely in distribution now that Donohoe has been charged in connection to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, shows him a shaggier, older man, one who has lost sight of an oath taken to uphold ideals rather than any single individual.
A series of three photographsâtwo of the same manâtell different stories about a day that will live in infamy.
The first snapshot shows Charles Donohoe, a now 33-year-old as a young man with chin and cheeks clean shaven so as to conform with military regulation.
Charles Donohoe when he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. Donohoe was in the U.S. Marines from 2006 to 2010, serving two tours in Iraq. After that, he worked as a contractor for the U.S. Department of State. From court documents
His face reflects the confidence of a young man filled with pride common to Marines, soldiers and sailors whoâve sworn to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic.