Trump's Army Convicted of Sedition
Four Proud Boys were found guilty of seditious conspiracy as part of the violent attack on January 6 to keep Donald Trump in power.
This is the third separate trial where jurors conclude that the January 6 Insurrection was an organized conspiracy to overturn our democracy. During the 2020 campaign, Trump famously told the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" during a nationally televised debate with Joe Biden. Then after Trump lost the election, he tweeted “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th” and “Be there, will be wild!” In their trial, the Proud Boys blamed Trump who told his supporters to “fight like hell” and then sent them to march on the Capitol.
A mob of Trump supporters fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Jury convicts Proud Boys members of seditious conspiracy in US Capitol attack, Reuters | 5/4/2023
By Sarah N. Lynch
A jury on Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed bid to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election victory.
Video: Trump tells Proud Boys: 'Stand back and stand by', Associated Press | 9/29/2020
President Donald Trump declined to clearly condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence during Tuesday's first presidential debate, at one point telling the neo-fascist group "Proud Boys" to "stand back and stand by." (Sept. 29)