Video Investigation: The Proud Boys Were Key Instigators in Capitol Riot

[Nevilledog]

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Remarkable @WSJ investigation finds that the Proud Boys, who have tried to play down their involvement in the Capitol riot, in fact led some of the most pivotal moments of escalation.

Video Investigation: The Proud Boys Were Key Instigators in Capitol...
The Proud Boys, a far-right group, have tried to downplay their role in the Capitol riot. A WSJ Investigation shows that at many of the day’s key moments the Proud Boys were at the forefront. Photo...
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11:02 AM · Jan 26, 2021

https://www.wsj.com/video/video-investigation-proud-boys-were-key-instigators-in-capitol-riot/37B883B6-9B19-400F-8036-15DE4EA8A015.html

[LakeArenal]

1. NO!?! 😱

(Fake 😱 .

[dalton99a]

2. And they tried to obscure their affiliation by not wearing their uniforms

[struggle4progress]

3. How did Proud Boys leader with felony record get into White House?

By ROGER SOLLENBERGER
DECEMBER 15, 2020 11:32PM (UTC)

The chairman of the white nationalist Proud Boys group, a convicted felon, posted photos from inside the White House gates ahead of a violent pro-Trump rally in Washington DC on Saturday, raising new questions about the president's apparent embrace of the right-wing agitators.

Enrique Tarrio revealed that he visited the executive mansion on Saturday after receiving a "last-minute invite to an undisclosed location." The White House later said that Tarrio had not been invited, but had instead taken part in a holiday tour ...

White House public tours are self-guided, and anyone who wants one, including Christmas tours, must apply no fewer than 21 days ahead of their booking date because the application includes a security form and background check. Hopefuls with a felony are generally denied, a former Trump White House official told Salon, unless a senior member of the administration intervenes ...

... Tarrio was accompanied to the executive mansion by other members of Latinos for Trump, including Bianca Garcia, the president of the group, and her son, Armani Garcia, a former intern for Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga. It is unclear if or when Latinos for Trump applied for its White House tour, and unclear why Tarrio received a security pass ...

https://www.salon.com/2020/12/15/how-did-a-proud-boys-leader-with-a-felony-record-get-into-the-white-house/

[mzmolly]

4. They stood back and stood by?

[struggle4progress]

5. Enrique Tarrio, Cuban-American leader of far-right 'Proud Boys'

Issued on: 06/01/2021 - 18:14
Modified: 06/01/2021 - 18:17
Stéphanie TROUILLARD

... The 36-year-old was arrested .. in the US capital for his participation in the burning of a "Black Lives Matter" banner that was taken from a historic black church in DC during a demonstration last month. Tarrio admitted his role in the destruction of the banner in an interview with the Washington Post newspaper ...

He is also charged with a felony possession of two high-capacity firearm magazines, which were found at the time of his arrest ...

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210106-who-exactly-is-enrique-tarrio-leader-of-the-us-s-far-right-proud-boys-organisation

[Midnight Writer]

6. Follow the money. Where does this group get its funding?