Proud Boys Members Raise Thousands to Help Fight Capitol Riot Charges
On 2/4/21 at 11:50 AM EST
A number of Proud Boys members who have been charged in connection to the attack on the Capitol are using a Christian website to help raise funds for their legal fees.
Joe Biggs, who organizes rallies for the far-right group, and Nick Ochs, leader and founder of Proud Boys Hawaii, are two leading Proud Boys figures who are raising money on the crowdfunding website GiveSendGo.
Dominic Pezzola, of New York, and Gabriel Garcia, a member of the Miami Proud Boys, are also attempting to fund their defense with donations after being charged with being a part of the January 6 attack.
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Donald Trump’s departure from the White House left a giant question mark hanging over American democracy: Would the GOP reckon with its embrace of Trumpism, or would it continue down the extremist path it has been traveling for years?
The evidence from the past few weeks has not been promising. But one of the most disturbing signs and one of the most underappreciated has been the wild behavior of certain state-level Republican parties in recent days. Three examples in Oregon, Hawaii, and Arizona really stick out.
On January 19, the Oregon Republican Party passed a resolution condemning the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump.
QAnon tweets on Hawaii GOPâs official account raise questions about partyâs direction
After a high-profile resignation over comments online, the Hawaii Republican Party tries to find its way By Rick Daysog | January 25, 2021 at 8:08 PM HST - Updated January 26 at 10:32 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A high-ranking Hawaii GOP official has resigned over tweets supporting QAnon followers, but the controversy is raising new questions for the party.
Edwin Boyette, vice chair for communications for the Hawaii Republican Party, said his tweets on the partyâs Twitter account were âerrors in judgement.â
The partyâs chair said the tweets donât represent the views of the organization.
Now that more than 140 pro-Trump rioters have been charged with crimes for their part in the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol, many of the participants in the day’s crimes are now groping for excuses to explain why they were present at an insurrection. For the many thousands of people on the Mall that day, it has been uniquely hard to deny that they were there because the siege has to be the most photographed mass crime ever committed. The rioters snapped pics and recorded themselves, streamed and tweeted one another, all the while creating a trove of damning evidence for prosecutors once the dust settled.