she is here to tell us about that. what are you seeing in these vi videos paula? this is the first time we have seen evidence related to a major planning conspiracy case in the capitol riot investigation. now, charles donoghue is charged in a case that accuses the leaders of the proud boys of orchestrating breaking into the u.s. capitol on january 6th. now, prosecutors say donoghue has been coordinating, was coordinating group chats and was a trusted-senior lieutenant on january 6th who gave directions to others and actually cheered on, allegedly, other proud boys. and apparently, cheered them on while obtaining a police-riot shield during the siege. now, we have a longer clip where you can see donoghue. his face is covered with a white-striped bandana and he is looking on as others in the crowd take down four police officers walking the stairwell into the capitol. let s take a look.
welcome back. i m robyn curnow. we re getting our first look at some newly released videos from the u.s. justice department showing what role a leader of the proud boys played at the capitol insurrection. a warning this report from paula reed certainly contains graphic language. reporter: these videos are the first related to a major planning conspiracy case in the capitol ryes investigation. charles donahoe is accused of organizing the proud boys, he coordinated group chats and was a trust ed senior lieutenant wh gave directions to others and cheered on proud boys even obtaining the police riot shield during the siege. now, we have a longer clip where you can see donahoe, his face covered with a striped bandana, but you can see him look on as
1-866-488-7386. 866-488-7386. that s the trever project. carl, congratulations and happy pride, everyone. now, i want to turn to cnn s paula reed because she has more information on the breaking news. thanks for joining us. the newly released i have owes. what are you seeing in the new videos, paula? what is incredible is there is the first time we ve seen evidence related to a major planning conspiracy case in the capitol riot investigation. charles donohue is charged in the case that accuses the leaders of the proud boys of orchestrating breaking into the u.s. capitol on january 6th. now prosecutors say and donohue has been coordinatcoordinating, coordinating group chats and a trusted lieutenant on january 6th that gave directions to others and actually cheered on