Oath Keepers Founder Is Said to Be Investigated in Capitol Riot
The inquiry is in its early stages, an official cautioned, but prosecutors have begun laying out evidence in court papers.
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The inquiry is in its early stages, an official cautioned, but prosecutors have begun laying out evidence in court papers.
Louis Enrique Colon, 44, of Missouri; and Felicia Konold, 27, and Cory Konold, 25, of Arizona. As Law&Crime previously noted, Felicia Konold is “a rare female self-proclaimed recruit of the anti-feminist” group. Court papers cite a social media post where she says she was “recruited” by the Proud Boys of Kansas City, even though she was from Arizona, and that they told her she was “with them now.” The defendants face the following indictments: (1) Conspiracy, with a possible maximum penalty of five years in prison; (2) Obstruction of an official proceeding, with a possible ...
Four Proud Boys members from the Kansas City area were indicted Friday for their part in the riot Jan 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
Each of the co-defendants had already been arrested in the weeks after the U.S. Capitol was breached as members of Congress met last month to recognize the results of the recent presidential race. Federal prosecutors have since presented evidence to members of the grand jury which resulted in the indictment being returned against the six defendants charged together in the latest court filing. Prosecutors allege the men from Colorado and Kansas traveled last month to Washington, D.C., then met with other members of the Proud Boys group on the National Mall before heading toward the Capitol wit...
The death of the officer, Brian Sicknick, after the Capitol riot has been a major focus for investigators scrutinizing the attack by a pro-Trump mob.