Proud Boys Lawyers Tell Judge Jan. 6 Charges Are Political (1)

June 10, 2022, 1:55 PM UTC

Lawyers for members of the right-wing Proud Boys accused the US of bringing seditious-conspiracy charges against their clients to coincide with televised congressional hearings on the Capitol riot that started Thursday night.

“Mixing politics and criminal justice is dangerous,” said a lawyer for Ethan Nordean, a regional Proud Boys leader from Washington state, during a court hearing Thursday. “There is no doubt what is happening is dangerous and it is un-American.”

Federal prosecutors on Monday announced more charges against five members of the group, adding seditious conspiracy for actions they allegedly took in advance of the January 2021 storming of ...

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