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Proud Boys Hawaii leader and prominent Texas member both face new conspiracy charges after planning the Capitol riot as FBI says deadly siege was retaliation at cops over stabbing at earlier march
Nicholas DeCarlo, of Burleson, and Nicholas R. Ochs, of Honolulu, were indicted for conspiracy to obstruct Congress Wednesday following their January arrests
The indictment against the two men says they both agreed before January 6 to travel to Washington to stop, delay and hinder Joe Biden s election victory
Among other things, the pair stand accused of scrawling Murder the media on a door of the Capitol and stealing a pair of handcuffs that belonged to police
Proud Boys may have planned Capitol breach to retaliate against police for member stabbed at earlier march, FBI alleges Spencer Hsu Social media posts by a Washington state member of the Proud Boys arrested Wednesday indicate that he and others were planning in advance to organize a group that would attempt to overwhelm police barricades and breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, U.S. prosecutors alleged. Ethan Nordean, 30, and others appeared motivated in part by what they perceived to be an insufficient police response to the stabbing of one of their members who attended a December pro-Trump demonstration in D.C., the FBI said in charging papers.
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The FBI and US prosecutors have charged nearly a dozen Proud Boys in the Capitol riot, including several accused of leading some of the most destructive, aggressive and early efforts to stampede police and break in to the building.
Social media posts by a Washington state member of the Proud Boys arrested Wednesday indicate that he and others were planning in advance to organise a group that would attempt to overwhelm police barricades and breach the US Capitol on January 6, US prosecutors alleged. Ethan Nordean, 30, and others appeared motivated in part by what they perceived to be an insufficient police response to the stabbing of one of their members who attended a December pro-Trump demonstration in the District of Columbia, the FBI said in charging papers.
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Proud Boys may have planned Capitol breach in part to retaliate against police after member was stabbed in earlier march, FBI alleges
Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post
Feb. 3, 2021
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WASHINGTON - Social media posts by a Washington state member of the Proud Boys arrested Wednesday indicate that he and others were planning in advance to organize a group that would attempt to overwhelm police barricades and breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, U.S. prosecutors alleged. Ethan Nordean, 30, and others appeared motivated in part by what they perceived to be an insufficient police response to the stabbing of one of their members who attended a December pro-Trump demonstration in the District of Columbia, the FBI said in charging papers.