Natick Town Meeting member Suzanne Ianni and Mark Sahady march through the streets of Washington, D.C., before they allegedly stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
Weeks after the Capitol Hill insurrection, a WBUR investigation has found two Massachusetts-based organizations a fringe conservative group and a neo-Nazi hate group are gaining membership and plotting a future without Trump in the White House.
The two entities, Super Happy Fun America a self-described “pro-heterosexual” group that sent 11 buses of protesters to D.C. and the neo-Nazi group Nationalist Social Club (NSC-131), have vowed to increase their respective ranks across the Northeast.
Massachusetts pizza delivery driver charged in connection with Capitol insurrection; allegedly told friends he ‘raided’ building MassLive.com 2/4/2021 Stephanie Barry, masslive.com
A Domino’s Pizza deliveryman from North Adams has been arrested and charged in connection with the violent uprising Jan. 6 at the Capitol in Washington.
Scott McCreary, 33, was charged with three counts of “Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds” and two counts of “Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority,” according to a statement released by the Boston FBI office.
McCreary and a Maine resident, 37-year-old Kyle Fitzsimons, were arrested earlier Thursday, a spokeswoman for the agency said.
After Capitol Riot, Elected Officials Under Pressure Back Home
At least 19 state and local elected officeholders from across the country attended the Jan. 6 rally and, in some cases, stormed the Capitol.
Former President Donald J. Trump spoke at a rally in front of the White House on Jan. 6.Credit.Pete Marovich for The New York Times
Published Jan. 31, 2021Updated Feb. 5, 2021
WASHINGTON In a video posted on Facebook, Couy Griffin, the founder of a group called Cowboys for Trump, bragged that he had a “first row seat” to the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and considered returning for another rally in which he imagined “blood running out of that building,” the F.B.I. said. Later, he told the F.B.I. that he hoped the next demonstration would be nonviolent but there was “no option that’s off the table for the sake of freedom.”