Far-right groups reeling amid fallout from Capitol insurrection
June 2, 2021 9:45 AM By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2019, file photo, Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio rallies in Portland, Ore.
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Proud Boys including Joseph Biggs, front left, walks toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump. With the megaphone is Ethan Nordean, second from left.
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, smoke fills the walkway outside the Senate Chamber as rioters are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers inside the Capitol in Washington. Outside pressures and internal strife are roiling two far-right extremist groups after members were charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Charges after US Capitol insurrection divide far-right groups
More than three dozen members and associates across both the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers have been charged with crimes
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Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen 2020 election united right-wing supporters, conspiracy theorists and militants on Jan. 6, but the aftermath of the insurrection is roiling two of the most prominent far-right extremist groups at the U.S. Capitol that day.
More than three dozen members and associates across both the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers have been charged with crimes. Some local chapters cut ties with national leadership in the weeks after the deadly siege. The Proud Boys’ chairman called for a pause in the rallies that often have led to clashes with anti-fascist activists. And one Oath Keeper has agreed to cooperate against others charged in the riot.