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Pepe was identified as part of a group of Proud Boys who gathered near an entrance to the Capitol grounds on January 6th and chanted "F*** Antifa" and "We love Trump."
The Straits Times Proud Boys charged with conspiracy in US Capitol riot Dominic Pezzola and William Pepe were already facing lesser charges connected to the Capitol attack on Jan 6.PHOTO: NYTIMES PublishedJan 31, 2021, 10:59 am SGT https://str.sg/JKHX They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for th...
Share on Twitter Federal prosecutors investigating the violent riot at the Capitol this month announced their first conspiracy charges against the Proud Boys on Friday night (local time), accusing two members of the far-right nationalist group of working together to obstruct and interfere with law enforcement officers protecting Congress during the final certification of the presidential election. In an indictment filed in federal court in Washington, prosecutors charged the two Proud Boys, Dominic Pezzola, of Rochester, New York, and William Pepe, of Beacon, New York, with 11 cou...
© Win McNamee/Getty Images Dominic Pezzola (L) stands among the crowd of Trump supporters • January 6, 2021 Federal prosecutors Friday night announced the first conspiracy charges against members of the Proud Boys over the group's role in the deadly Jan. 6 riot in the Capitol. Prosecutors said in a news release that two members of the far-right "Western chauvinist" group conspired to obstruct law enforcement officers' efforts to protect the Capitol from the mob. The members, Dominic Pezzola of Rochester, N.Y., and William Pepe of Beacon, N.Y., had already been charged with lesser offens...
NEW YORK — Two men identified as members of the Proud Boys have been indicted on federal conspiracy and other charges in the Capitol riot as prosecutors raise the stakes in some of the slew of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection.