Proud Boys (Western chauvinist far-right)

Evidence by BITE axis

Timeline

1. 2016
   McInnes founds Proud Boys
2. 2021-01-06
   Major role in US Capitol attack
3. 2023
   Tarrio and others convicted of seditious conspiracy

Evidence matrix

Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.

Sources

• DOJ January 6 prosecutions search ↗
• SPLC profile search ↗
• Jury Convicts Four Leaders of the Proud Boys of Seditious Conspiracy Related to U.S. Capitol Breach — https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/jury-convicts-four-leaders-proud-boys-seditious-conspiracy-related-us-capitol-breach open ↗
• GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021 — https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ open ↗
• Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 155, Number 2: Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities — http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2021/2021-02-03-x2/html/sor-dors8-eng.html open ↗
• About the listing process — https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cntr-trrrsm/lstd-ntts/crrnt-lstd-ntts-en.aspx open ↗
• Consolidated federal laws of canada, Criminal Code — https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/page-13.html open ↗
• Consolidated federal laws of canada, Criminal Code — https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-14.html?txthl=providing+financial+available+services+provides+property+related+provide+invites+person+makes#s-83.03 open ↗
• Burke v. Fields Jr — https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/15636855/burke-v-fields-jr/ open ↗
• The Proud Boys: How the right-wing extremist group gained prominence. _The Washington Post_, September 30, 2020. — https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/the-proud-boys-how-the-right-wing-extremist-group-gained-prominence/2020/09/30/f51b56a1-568c-49f2-b053-2d51f1bacd68_video.html open ↗
• Pride & Prejudice: The Violent Evolution of the Proud Boys — https://ctc.westpoint.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CTC-SENTINEL-062021.pdf open ↗
• The Allure of Hyper Masculinity and Cryptofascism for Men Who Join the Proud Boys — https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep25259.pdf open ↗
• Far-Right Group That Trades in Political Violence Gets a Boost — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/proud-boys-trump.html open ↗
• Who are the Proud Boys? Far-right group has concerned experts for years — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/30/who-proud-boys-group-mentioned-debate-has-violent-history/5868406002/ open ↗
• Our President Wants Us Here': The Mob That Stormed the Capitol — https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/capitol-rioters.html open ↗
• What does the Proud Boys rooster symbol mean and what are the group's other secret symbols? — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/proud-boys-symbolism-altright-b1915741.html open ↗
• Proud Boys: who are the far-right group that backs Donald Trump? — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/30/proud-boys-who-are-far-right-group-that-backs-donald-trump open ↗
• Proud Boys' back in Canada military after crashing indigenous ceremony — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41116175 open ↗
• Examining the Physical Manifestation of Alt-Right Gangs: From Online Trolling to Street Fighting — Gangs in the Era of Internet and Social Media (2020) — https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-47214-6_6 open ↗
• Four Proud Boys members found guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 trial — https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jury-reaches-verdict-proud-boys-seditious-conspiracy-trial-rcna81129 open ↗
• The Alt-Right Branding War Has Torn the Movement in Two — http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-alt-right-branding-war-has-torn-the-movement-in-two/ open ↗
• Trump denounces 'all white supremacists' including Proud Boys — https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/2/trump-denounces-all-white-supremacists-including-proud-boys open ↗
• Trump condemns all white supremacists after Proud Boys row — https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54381500 open ↗
• Who are Proud Boys and antifa? — https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54352635 open ↗
• New charges allege Proud Boys prepped for Capitol insurrection — https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/politics/proud-boys-indicted-capitol-riot/index.html open ↗
• Justice Department Unveils Further Charges in Capitol Riot — https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/us/politics/capitol-riot-charges.html open ↗
• Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized — https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/proud-boys.html open ↗
• Trump Supporters at the DeploraBall — http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/06/trump-supporters-at-the-deploraball open ↗
• Neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and internet trolls: who's who in the far right — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/17/charlottesville-alt-right-neo-nazis-white-nationalists open ↗
• NYPD Looks to Charge 9 Proud Boys With Assault for Manhattan Fight — https://www.thedailybeast.com/nypd-looks-to-charge-9-proud-boys-with-assault-for-manhattan-fight open ↗
• Proud Boys Founder: How He Went From Brooklyn Hipster to Far-Right Provocateur — https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/nyregion/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes.html open ↗
• Fringe Groups Revel as Protests Turn Violent — https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/us/politics/white-nationalists-alt-knights-protests-colleges.html open ↗
• FBI now classifies far-right Proud Boys as 'extremist group', documents say — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/19/proud-boys-fbi-classification-extremist-group-white-nationalism-report?CMP=share_btn_tw open ↗
• The FBI says the Proud Boys are not an extremist group after all — https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/08/fbi-says-proud-boys-are-not-an-extremist-group-after-all/ open ↗
• The Boys and Girls of white nationalism: 'Proud' groups labeled 'extremist' in newly revealed FBI files — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boy-girls-white-nationalism-proud-groups-labeled-extremist-newly-revealed-n938546 open ↗
• Leader of Proud Boys also leads grassroots group Latinos for Trump — https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/proud-boys-leader-latinos-for-trump/index.html open ↗
• Why Young Men of Color Are Joining White-Supremacist Groups — https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-young-men-of-color-are-joining-white-supremacist-groups open ↗
• Explained: Who are the Proud Boys, the far-right group that Donald Trump mentioned in the presidential debate? — https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/proud-boys-donald-trump-far-right-organisation-us-protests-6663249/ open ↗
• Far-right group Proud Boys banned from Facebook, Instagram — https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/proud-boys-facebook-instagram-1.4886514 open ↗
• Facebook takes down Proud Boys, American Guard accounts connected to protests — https://abcnews.go.com/US/facebook-takes-proud-boys-american-guard-accounts-connected/story?id=71286604 open ↗
• The Proud Boys walk into a bar. A fight breaks out. Now a Los Angeles bar deals with the consequences — https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-proud-boys-bar-20180717-story.html open ↗
• Qanon-Believing Proud Boy Accused of Murdering 'Lizard' Brother With Sword — https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boy-member-accused-of-murdering-his-brother-with-a-sword-4 open ↗
• Proud Boys are a dangerous 'white supremacist' group say US agencies — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/proud-boys-white-supremacist-group-law-enforcement-agencies open ↗
• Your Handy Field Guide to the Many Factions of the Far Right, from the Proud Boys to Identity Evropa — https://www.wired.com/2017/05/field-guide-far-right/ open ↗
• Proud Boys founder denies inciting violence, responds to whether he feels responsible for group's behavior — https://abcnews.go.com/US/proud-boys-founder-denies-inciting-violence-responds-feels/story?id=59758209 open ↗
• New Proud Boy Rules: Less Fighting, Less Wanking — https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-proud-boy-rules-less-fighting-less-wanking open ↗
• The neo-fascist proud boys organized a "free speech" rally in DC. It flopped — https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/the-neo-fascist-proud-boys-organized-a-free-speech-rally-in-dc-today-it-flopped/ open ↗
• Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes quits 'extremist' far-right group — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/22/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-quits-far-right-group open ↗
• Gavin McInnes: founder of far-right Proud Boys denied Australian visa — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/30/gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys-australia-visa open ↗
• Proud boys infighting sees leading member form breakaway group to fight "white genocide — https://www.newsweek.com/proud-boys-based-stickman-enrique-tarrio-goys-1546597 open ↗
• The Post-Election Proud Boys Meltdown Is Here, and It's Ugly — https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-post-election-proud-boys-meltdown-is-here-and-its-ugly open ↗
• Proud Boys splintering after Capitol riot, revelations about a leader. Will more radical factions emerge? — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/12/proud-boys-splintering-after-capitol-riot-revelations-leader/6709017002/ open ↗
• Proud Boys Rally Rocked by Sex, Cocaine Allegations — https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boys-rally-rocked-by-sex-cocaine-allegations open ↗
• How the Proud Boys Became Roger Stone's Personal Army — https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-proud-boys-became-roger-stones-personal-army-6 open ↗
• Facebook removes Roger Stone from Instagram after linking him to fake accounts — https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/tech/roger-stone-proud-boys-facebook/index.html open ↗
• Roger Stone Pleads Not Guilty, While Proud Boys and InfoWars Fight the #Resistance Outside — https://www.thedailybeast.com/roger-stone-pleads-not-guilty-to-charges-lodged-by-mueller open ↗
• The chairman of the far-right Proud Boys sat behind Trump at his latest speech — https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/19/far-right-proud-boys-chairman-sat-behind-trump-his-latest-speech/ open ↗
• U.S. investigating possible ties between Roger Stone, Alex Jones and Capitol rioters — https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/stone-jones-capitol-riot-investigation-radicalization/2021/02/19/97d6e6ee-6cad-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html open ↗
• Trump's debate comments give an online boost to a group social media companies have long struggled against — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/30/trump-debate-rightwing-celebration/ open ↗
• Trump says he doesn't know Proud Boys, but 'they need to stand down,' as he faces backlash for not criticizing white supremacists — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/30/trump-says-he-doesnt-know-proud-boys-after-criticism-debate/5870564002/ open ↗
• Donald Trump says "I condemn the Proud Boys" after Republican backlash — https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-i-condemn-proud-boys-after-republican-backlash-1535814 open ↗
• Even if Joe Biden misspoke about 'Proud Boys,' social media embraces 'poor boys — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/23/biden-mistakenly-poor-proud-boys-presidential-debate/3740348001/ open ↗
• U.S. government concludes Iran was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/20/proud-boys-emails-florida/ open ↗
• Iran and Russia deny FBI accusation they are behind threatening emails sent to Florida Democrats — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/fbi-says-iran-behind-threatening-emails-sent-florida-democrats-n1244228 open ↗
• Specter of election day violence looms as Trump spurs vigilante poll watchers — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/05/election-day-violence-donald-trump-poll-watchers open ↗
• Standoff in Oregon Attracts Supporters Bearing Disparate Grievances — https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/us/standoff-in-oregon-attracts-supporters-bearing-disparate-grievances.html open ↗
• Conservative and alt-right groups gather for 'free speech' rally in Berkeley — http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-live-updates-berkeley-ann-coulter-conservative-and-alt-right-groups-1493319826-htmlstory.html open ↗
• For many at violent Berkeley rally, it wasn't really about Trump or free speech: They came to make trouble — http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-berkeley-alt-right-20170417-story.html open ↗
• Living Next Door to a White Supremacist — https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/living-next-door-to-a-white-supremacist open ↗
• Unite the Right: White supremacists rally in Virginia — http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/unite-white-supremacists-rally-virginia-170812142356688.html open ↗
• Who are the alt-right leaders and provocateurs addressing the Charlottesville white nationalist rally? — http://www.newsweek.com/alt-right-leaders-are-addressing-largest-white-nationalist-rally-decades-650096 open ↗
• Meet the people at America's political extremes — https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-47332054 open ↗
• Portland far-right rally: police charge counterprotesters with batons drawn — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/04/patriot-prayer-to-carry-guns-at-portland-rally-as-fears-of-violence-rise open ↗
• Who are the Proud Boys, 'western chauvinists' involved in political violence? — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/14/proud-boys-far-right-portland-oregon open ↗
• A Devil's Bargain — https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/proud-boys-republican-club-wwii-fascists.html open ↗
• Far-Right Proud Boys Reeling After Arrests and Scrutiny — https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/nyregion/gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys-nypd.html open ↗
• Far-right 'Proud Boys' jailed over New York City clash with anti-fascists — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50148024 open ↗
• Proud Boys Fight at G.O.P. Club Spurs Calls for Inquiry; Cuomo Blames Trump — https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/14/nyregion/proud-boys-nyc-antifa-fight.html open ↗
• 3 arrested in NYC clashes following speech by leader of far-right Proud Boys group — https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-proud-boys-violence-new-york-arrests-20181013-story.html open ↗
• Two Members of Proud Boys Convicted in Brawl Near Republican Club — https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/nyregion/proud-boys-verdict-trial.html open ↗
• Far-Right Proud Boys Go on Trial, but Anti-Fascists Are Boycotting — https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/nyregion/proud-boys-nyc-trial.html open ↗
• Two Proud Boys Plead Guilty in NYC Attack — https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-proud-boys-plead-guilty-in-nyc-attack-10-more-could-face-a-year-in-jail open ↗
• 2 Proud Boys Sentenced to 4 Years in Brawl With Anti-Fascists at Republican Club — https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/nyregion/proud-boys-antifa-sentence.html open ↗
• Far-right extremists Proud Boys outnumbered by counter-protesters at Washington, DC, rally — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/06/white-nationalist-linked-proud-boys-outnumbered-counter-protesters/1661585001/ open ↗
• Proud Boys' D.C. Free-Speech Rally Goes Off With a Whimper — https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boys-dc-free-speech-rally-goes-off-with-a-whimper open ↗
• Right-wing rally triggers skirmishes with antifa protesters as D.C. police work to prevent violence — https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/right-wing-groups-plan-freedom-plaza-rally-amid-heavy-dc-police-presence-to-prevent-violence/2019/07/06/40309e4e-9f68-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html open ↗
• Far-right groups and antifa face off in Portland — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/18/antifa-proud-boys-claim-success-after-portland-protest/2045313001/ open ↗
• Portland braces for dueling protests: What we know — https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/14/us/portland-planned-protests-soh/index.html open ↗
• At least 13 people arrested at Portland, Oregon, protest — https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/portland-oregon-awaits-wing-rally-counter-protests-65027584 open ↗
• Far-right extremists look to bring vaccination opponents into their fold — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/01/23/anti-vaccination-ideas-extremists/6599746001/ open ↗
• Proud Boys return to D.C. — this time for massive anti-vaccine rall — https://www.salon.com/2022/01/24/proud-boys-return-to-dc--this-time-for-massive-anti-vaccine-rally/ open ↗
• The Proud Boys Are Spreading Dangerous COVID-19 Narratives — https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/sites/www.middlebury.edu.institute/files/2020-05/proudboys.pdf?fv=wqIIbCMZ open ↗
• Who are Boogaloo Bois, antifa and Proud Boys? — https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-53018201 open ↗
• Breadth of rightwing Portland protest network reveals energized Trump base — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/03/how-the-rightwing-portland-protest-organizers-represent open ↗
• F*** Antifa!': Far-right Proud Boys burn BLM banner while making white supremacy signs at DC rally — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/proud-boys-black-lives-matter-trump-b1772296.html open ↗
• Proud Boys leader sentenced for burning stolen Black Lives Matter flag — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58312254 open ↗
• Church Pastor on Trump Supporters Burning BLM Sign: "It Was Reminiscent of Cross Burnings — https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/maga-black-lives-matter-sign-asbury-methodist-church.html open ↗
• Proud Boys leader says he burned Black Lives Matter banner stolen from church during demonstrations in D.C. — https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/enrique-tarrio-proud-boys-black-lives-matter-sign/2020/12/18/c056c05e-415a-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html open ↗
• Proud Boys leader arrested in the burning of Black Lives Matter banner, D.C. police say — https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/proud-boys-enrique-tarrio-arrest/2021/01/04/8642a76a-4edf-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html open ↗
• Judge bans Proud Boys leader from Washington, D.C., after arrest — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-bans-proud-boys-leader-washington-d-c-after-arrest-n1252906 open ↗
• Proud Boys members ordered to pay over $1 million in 'hateful and overtly racist' church destruction civil suit — https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/politics/proud-boys-fined-ame-church-destruction/index.html open ↗
• Extremist Groups Hated Charlie Kirk. They're Using His Death to Radicalize Others — https://www.wired.com/story/extremists-hated-charlie-kirk-now-radicalizing-others/ open ↗
• Capitol riots: Who broke into the building? — https://www.bbc.com/news/55572805 open ↗
• How a Presidential Rally Turned Into a Capitol Rampage — https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/12/us/capitol-mob-timeline.html open ↗
• Proud Boys, Seizing Trump's Call to Washington, Helped Lead Capitol Attack — https://www.wsj.com/articles/proud-boys-seizing-trumps-call-to-washington-helped-lead-capitol-attack-11610911596 open ↗
• A Total Failure': The Proud Boys Now Mock Trump — https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/technology/proud-boys-trump.html open ↗
• Proud Boys Ignored Orders Given at Pre-Jan. 6 Meeting — https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/26/us/politics/proud-boys-jan-6.html open ↗
• Neo-Nazi Street Fighting Gang Keeps Bragging About Attending Capitol Riot — https://www.vice.com/en/article/neo-nazi-street-fighting-gang-continues-bragging-about-attending-jan-6/ open ↗
• Proud Boys Led Major Breaches of Capitol on Jan. 6, Video Investigation Finds — https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/us/politics/proud-boys-jan-6.html open ↗
• Here's every word of the first Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation — https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/1104156949/jan-6-committee-hearing-transcript open ↗
• Documentary footage from filmmaker shows evidence that Jan. 6 was a planned attack — https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/1104291172/documentary-footage-from-filmmaker-shows-evidence-that-jan-6-was-a-planned-attac open ↗
• Three Characters at the Heart of an Unsettling Jan. 6 Narrative — https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/us/politics/jan-6-proud-boys-capitol-police.html open ↗
• 17 requests for backup in 78 minutes — https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/dc-police-records-capitol-riot/ open ↗
• What We Learned About Trump, Pence, and the January 6th Mob — https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/what-we-learned-about-trump-pence-and-the-january-6th-mob open ↗
• House Homeland Security chairman sues Trump and Giuliani, accusing them of inciting Capitol riot — https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/lawsuit-trump-capitol-riot/2021/02/16/1695b6b0-6fd6-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html open ↗
• Far-Right Groups Are Splintering in Wake of the Capitol Riot — https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/us/extremism-capitol-riot.html open ↗
• Proud Boys descended into dysfunction after US Capitol riot, new messages show — https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/politics/proud-boys-dysfunction-capitol-attack/index.html open ↗
• Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, Forceful on Jan. 6, Privately Are in Turmoil — https://www.wsj.com/articles/proud-boys-and-oath-keepers-forceful-on-jan-6-privately-are-in-turmoil-11623859785 open ↗
• F.B.I. Finds Contact Between Proud Boys Member and Trump Associate Before Riot — https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/us/politics/trump-proud-boys-capitol-riot.html open ↗
• D.C. police officer arrested, accused of leaking info to Proud Boys leader — https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/05/19/dc-police-officer-arrested-obstruction-jan6/ open ↗
• Proud Boys member pleads guilty to obstruction charge in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol — https://apnews.com/article/william-chrestman-guilty-proud-boys-capitol-riot-8f1f528b40bf41dcf9e945a270bdfcac open ↗
• Five more charged in Capitol riot allegedly teamed with Kansas City Proud Boys — https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/kansas-city-proud-boys-charged-capitol-riots/2021/02/11/389d47b6-6c73-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html open ↗
• Two more Proud Boys indicted for Capitol riot as prosecutors detail evidence of planning — https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/politics/proud-boys-indictment-capitol/index.html open ↗
• Five charged with Proud Boys conspiracy in deadly U.S. Capitol attack — https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-capitol-arrests-idINKBN2AC269 open ↗
• January 6 committee subpoenas Proud Boys and Oath Keepers — https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/23/politics/january-6-subpoenas-proud-boys-oath-keepers/index.html open ↗
• Judge rejects Proud Boys' First Amendment claims in January 6 conspiracy case — https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/28/politics/proud-boys-first-amendment/index.html open ↗
• Member of Proud Boys leadership pleads guilty to US Capitol attack charges and will cooperate with prosecutors — https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/politics/charles-donohoe-proud-boys/index.html open ↗
• Pro-Trump Rally Planner Is Cooperating in Justice Dept.'s Jan. 6 Inquiry — https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/us/politics/january-6-investigation-ali-alexander.html open ↗
• Adrian Tam defeats local Proud Boys leader, becomes only gay Asian American in Hawaii House — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/adrian-tam-defeats-local-proud-boys-leader-becomes-1st-gay-n1246790? open ↗
• Proud Boys Hawaii leader, friend plead guilty in Jan. 6 riot — https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-biden-social-media-texas-583d8a7b698784ac888c4008d29b0320 open ↗
• Proud Boys leader from New Jersey pleads guilty in Capitol riot — https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/14/proud-boy-guilty-price-capitol-riot/ open ↗
• Proud Boy pleads guilty to felony charge in Capitol riot — https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/matthew-greene-proud-boy/ open ↗
• Proud Boys member pleads guilty for role in Capitol riot — https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/1066944829/matthew-greene-proud-boys-jan-6-capitol-pleads-guilty/ open ↗
• Fort Worth man who wrote 'Murder the Media' on Capitol door pleads guilty — https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2022/09/10/fort-worth-man-who-wrote-murder-the-media-on-capitol-door-pleads-guilty/ open ↗
• Proud Boy sentenced to 4.5 years in prison in Jan. 6 case — https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/proud-boy-sentenced-45-years-prison-jan-6-case-still-says-election-was-rcna44793/ open ↗
• Proud Boys member pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy for U.S. Capitol attack — https://www.reuters.com/legal/proud-boys-member-pleads-guilty-seditious-conspiracy-capitol-attack-2022-10-06/ open ↗
• Proud Boys leader Tarrio, 4 top lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy in widening Jan 6 case — https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/06/tarrio-proud-boys-seditious-conpiracy/ open ↗
• Proud Boys Charged With Sedition in Capitol Attack — https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/06/us/politics/proud-boys-charged-sedition-capitol-attack.html open ↗
• Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window with police shield sentenced to 10 years — https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/proud-boy-sentenced-rcna102857 open ↗
• Ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 sedition plot — https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-enrique-tarrio-seditious-conspiracy-trial-f8738f17552cda21eef6d89504da2a0e open ↗
• U.S. judge agrees to postpone Proud Boys trial amid Jan. 6 Capitol riot hearings — https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-agrees-postpone-proud-boys-trial-amid-jan-6-capitol-riot-hearings-2022-06-22/ open ↗
• Donald Trump central to Proud Boys trial as DOJ, defense attorneys blame him for Jan. 6 attack — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/25/proud-boys-trial-doj-donald-trump-jan-6/11734356002/ open ↗
• Four Proud Boys members found guilty of seditious conspiracy — https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/04/politics/proud-boys-seditious-conspiracy-verdict/index.html open ↗
• Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison for January 6 — https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/politics/enrique-tarrio-sentencing-proud-boys-seditious-conspiracy/index.html open ↗
• Four Proud Boys Convicted of Sedition in Key Jan. 6 Case — https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/us/politics/jan-6-proud-boys-sedition.html open ↗
• Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/27/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-fbi-informant open ↗
• Exclusive: Proud Boys leader was 'prolific' informer for law enforcement — https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-proudboys-leader-exclusive-idUSKBN29W1PE open ↗
• Leaked Telegram Messages Reveal Bitter Infighting Among Proud Boys: 'Traitors Are Everywhere — https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boys-infighting-revealed-by-leaked-telegram-messages-claiming-traitors-are-everywhere open ↗
• Photos: Antifa supporters, Proud Boys clash in Portland — https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/8/23/photos-protesters-clash-in-portland-after-opposing-gatherings open ↗
• How the Proud Boys Gripped the Miami-Dade Republican Party — https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/us/miami-republicans-proud-boys.html open ↗
• A Proud Boy and Michael Flynn Were Elected to a Republican Executive Committee in Florida — https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-proud-boy-and-michael-flynn-were-elected-to-a-republican-executive-committee-in-florida/ open ↗
• Men disrupt drag queen storytelling at San Lorenzo Library shouting homophobic slurs — https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/men-disrupt-drag-queen-storytelling-at-san-lorenzo-library-shouting-homophobic-slurs/ open ↗
• Trump supporters try to dox jurors and post violent threats after his conviction — https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-supporters-try-doxx-jurors-violent-threats-conviction-rcna154882 open ↗
• Canada considers adding Proud Boys to terrorist list alongside Isis and al-Qaida — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/11/canada-considers-adding-proud-boys-terrorist-list-alongside-isis-al-qaida open ↗
• Canada labels the Proud Boys, other neo-Nazi groups as terrorists — https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-proud-boys-terrorists-1.5899186 open ↗
• Proud Boys Canada dissolves itself, says it was never a 'white supremacy' group — https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/proud-boys-canada-dissolves-itself-says-it-was-never-white-supremacy-group-2021-05-02/ open ↗
• Proud Boys Canada may have disbanded 'in name only,' researchers warn — https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/proud-boys-canada-dissolves-1.6011282 open ↗
• Canadian chapter of the Proud Boys, designated a terrorist group by the government, says it has 'dissolved — https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/03/canada-proud-boys-terrorist-group-dissolved/ open ↗
• Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes sues Southern Poverty Law Center over hate group label — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-sues-southern-poverty-law-center-n966701 open ↗
• Proud Boys Founder Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Southern Poverty Law Center — https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691643824/proud-boys-founder-files-defamation-lawsuit-against-southern-poverty-law-center open ↗
• Ohio man sues white supremacists over 2017 Virginia rally — https://apnews.com/article/2f0e96b9cf5e492794f505d3be410707 open ↗
• Identifying far-right symbols that appeared at the U.S. Capitol riot — https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/far-right-symbols-capitol-riot/ open ↗
• Why does the far right love Fred Perry? Mainstream fashion is its new camouflage — https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/29/far-right-fred-perry-mainstream-fashion-camouflage-brands open ↗
• Proud Boys Portland rally: Fred Perry tells right-wing group to stop wearing its iconic T-shirts — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/proud-boys-portland-oregon-rally-fred-perry-t-shirts-b622292.html open ↗
• Proud Boys love Fred Perry polo t-shirts. The feeling is not mutual — https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/10/the-alt-rights-proud-boys-love-fred-perry-polo-shirts-the-feeling-is-not-mutual/ open ↗
• Fred Perry chairman says he wants nothing to do with Gavin McInnes and his Proud Boys — http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.4167720/fred-perry-chairman-says-he-wants-nothing-to-do-with-gavin-mcinnes-and-his-proud-boys-1.4167728 open ↗
• Fred Perry Pulls Polo Shirts Embraced by Proud Boys — https://www.thedailybeast.com/fred-perry-pulls-polo-shirts-embraced-by-proud-boys open ↗
• Fred Perry withdraws polo shirt adopted by far-right Proud Boys — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/28/fred-perry-withdraws-polo-shirt-adopted-by-far-right-proud-boys open ↗
• Pride & Prejudice: The Violent Evolution of the Proud Boys — https://ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CTC-SENTINEL-062021.pdf open ↗
• The Blood of Patriots: Symbolic Violence and 'The West — https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02773945.2019.1610641?scroll=top&needAccess=true open ↗
• Are those whiffs of fascism that I smell? Living behind the orange curtain — https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131857.2019.1672854 open ↗
• Trump’s ‘stand by’ remark puts the Proud Boys in the spotlight — https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/30/proudboys1001/ open ↗
• FBI considers Proud Boys extremists with white-nationalist ties, law enforcement officials say — https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/20/fbi-says-proud-boys-have-white-nationalist-ties-law-enforcement-officials-say/ open ↗
• Canada declares the Proud Boys a terrorist group — https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/canada-proud-boys-terrorist-capitol-siege/2021/02/03/546b1d5c-6628-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html open ↗
• Qué pasa cuando se juntan un ultraderechista blanco y un antifascista de origen latino en los EE.UU. de Trump — https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-47495974 open ↗
• Antifa: Portland Police 'Protect White Supremacy' by Passing Intel to Patriot Prayer — https://www.thedailybeast.com/antifa-portland-police-protect-white-supremacy-by-passing-intel-to-patriot-prayer open ↗
• Who Are the Proud Boys? Trump Tells Far-Right Group to 'Stand Back and Stand By — https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-are-the-proud-boys-trump-tells-far-right-group-to-stand-back-and-stand-by-11601485755 open ↗
• -goys-1546597 «La lucha interna de Proud Boys ve a un miembro líder formar un grupo separatista para luchar contra el "genocidio blanco — https://www.newsweek.com/proud-boys-based-stickman-enrique-tarrio open ↗
• Fred Perry deja de vender su polo con rayas amarillas en el cuello tras ser adoptado por un grupo fascista — https://smoda.elpais.com/moda/fred-perry-deja-de-vender-su-polo-con-rayas-amarillas-en-el-cuello-tras-ser-adoptado-por-un-grupo-fascista/ open ↗
• Choque de grupos extremistas en Portland — https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2019/08/18/5d598123fdddff389d8b4600.html open ↗
• El crecimiento de antifa, el movimiento que busca combatir la extrema derecha (Published 2017) — https://www.nytimes.com/es/2017/08/22/espanol/el-crecimiento-de-antifa-el-movimiento-que-busca-combatir-la-extrema-derecha.html open ↗
• Gay men have taken over the Proud Boys Twitter hashtag — https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/04/us/proud-boys-twitter-hashtag-gay-men-trnd/index.html open ↗
• Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan and the Proud Boys: How the fragility of the male ego fuels the far-right — https://www.salon.com/2021/10/18/tucker-carlson-joe-rogan-and-the-proud-boys-how-the-fragility-of-the-male-ego-fuels-the-far-right/ open ↗
• Oath Keeper planned with Proud Boys, Three Percenters before Capitol attack, prosecutors say — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/03/24/capitol-attack-oath-keepers-proud-boys-three-percenters-coordinated/6980128002/ open ↗
• Proud Boys And Anti-Fascists Clashed At Portland Rally — https://www.npr.org/2021/08/23/1030430478/proud-boys-and-anti-fascists-clashed-at-portland-rally open ↗
• The Proud Boys and the Base are now illegal in New Zealand — https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/26/white-supremacist-terrorist-groups-new-zealand/ open ↗
• New charges allege Proud Boys prepped for Capitol insurrection — https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/03/politics/proud-boys-indicted-capitol-riot/index.html open ↗
• The Secret History of Gavin McInnes — https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-secret-history-of-gavin-mcinnes open ↗
• Leader of Proud Boys also leads grassroots group Latinos for Trump — https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/proud-boys-leader-latinos-for-trump/index.html open ↗
• Facebook, Instagram ban far-right Proud Boys and founder — https://apnews.com/general-news-2714b6a697d34f59982c398a235858e7 open ↗
• Facebook removes Roger Stone from Instagram after linking him to fake accounts — https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/08/tech/roger-stone-proud-boys-facebook/index.html open ↗
• Conservative and alt-right groups gather for 'free speech' rally in Berkeley — https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-live-updates-berkeley-ann-coulter-clash-2017042-htmlstory.html#conservative-and-alt-right-groups-gather-for-free-speech-rally-in-berkeley open ↗
• Unite the Right: White supremacists rally in Virginia — https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/8/13/unite-the-right-white-supremacists-rally-in-virginia open ↗
• Charlottesville Beating Suspect Is Arrested in Georgia — https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/us/charlottesville-suspect-arrested.html open ↗
• Portland braces for dueling protests: What we know — https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/14/us/portland-planned-protests-soh/index.html open ↗
• Proud Boy member arrested on probation violation — https://apnews.com/article/2031c442459ead3d791699f0b0e3dd09 open ↗
• Proud Boys members ordered to pay over $1 million in 'hateful and overtly racist' church destruction civil suit — https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/01/politics/proud-boys-fined-ame-church-destruction/index.html open ↗
• Présidentielle américaine : qui sont les Proud Boys, le groupe d'extrême droite cité par Trump lors du débat ? — https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/usa/presidentielle/presidentielle-americaine-qui-sont-les-proud-boys-le-groupe-d-extreme-droite-cite-par-trump-lors-du-debat_4124515.html open ↗
• lire en ligne — https://www.liberation.fr/mode/2020/10/01/fred-perry-retire-un-polo-vampirise-par-des-supremacistes-blancs_1801070 open ↗
• lire en ligne — https://www.france24.com/fr/20201001-apr%C3%A8s-sa-sortie-sur-les-proud-boys-donald-trump-fait-machine-arri%C3%A8re open ↗
• lire en ligne — https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/etats-unis-le-chef-des-proud-boys-condamne-a-5-mois-de-prison-20210824 open ↗
• lire en ligne — https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2021/01/05/proud-boys-le-leadeur-de-la-milice-d-extreme-droite-enrique-tarrio-arrete-a-washington_6065254_3210.html open ↗
• lire en ligne — https://www.france24.com/fr/am%C3%A9riques/20210105-%C3%A9tats-unis-qui-est-enrique-tarrio-le-leader-des-proud-boys open ↗
• 3 arrested in NYC clashes following speech by leader of far-right Proud Boys group — https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-proud-boys-violence-new-york-arrests-20181013-story.html open ↗
• The Blood of Patriots: Symbolic Violence and “The West” — Rhetoric Society Quarterly (2019) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02773945.2019.1610641 open ↗
• Are those whiffs of fascism that I smell? Living behind the orange curtain — Educational Philosophy and Theory (2019) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2019.1672854 open ↗
• Three more Proud Boys members arrested for violent Manhattan fight — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/three-more-proud-boys-members-arrested-violent-manhattan-fight-n922946 open ↗
• Proud Boys: The male-only far-right fringe group who advocate 'Western chauvinism' and love Aladdin — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/proud-boys-far-right-gavin-mcinnes-violence-fascism-white-supremacy-a8588426.html open ↗
• Police Seek 9 Proud Boys Supporters on Riot Charges After Brawls With Antifa — https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/nyregion/proud-boys-nypd.html open ↗
• Assaut du Capitole : peine record pour le leader des Proud Boys — https://www.liberation.fr/international/amerique/assaut-du-capitole-peine-record-pour-le-leader-des-proud-boys-20230905_XZLELCVH7ZDIJDNM5IIXRB4OYY/ open ↗
• lire en ligne — https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2023/09/06/assaut-du-capitole-l-ancien-leader-des-proud-boys-un-groupe-d-extreme-droite-condamne-a-vingt-deux-ans-de-prison_6188010_3210.html open ↗
• Swiping Right: The Allure of Hyper Masculinity and Cryptofascism for Men Who Join the Proud Boys. — https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep25259 open ↗
• Proud Boys leader Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio sentenced to five months in jail. — https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/tarrio-proud-boy-jail-sentence/2021/08/23/df06b84a-041b-11ec-a266-7c7fe02fa374_story.html open ↗
• TV-Debatte zur US-Wahl: Trump begeistert rechte Hassgruppe. — https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/tv-debatte-trump-proud-boys-1.5050264 open ↗
• Petro-masculinity: Fossil Fuels and Authoritarian Desire. — https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0305829818775817 open ↗
• Photo: Proud Boys march at Capitol. — https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/blog/electoral-college-certification-updates-n1252864/ncrd1253036#blogHeader open ↗
• Homosexuelle kapern Hashtag #ProudBoys. — https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/homosexuelle-kapern-hashtag-proudboys-a-0042073b-2f07-4ed2-bd8a-3870162f9d63 open ↗
• Proud Boys splintering after Capitol riot, revelations about leader. Will more radical factions emerge? — https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/12/proud-boys-splintering-after-capitol-riot-revelations-leader/6709017002/ open ↗
• Kritik nach TV-Duell: Trump will rechte Gruppierung nicht kennen. — https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/debatte-biden-trump-103.html open ↗
• Trump says he doesn’t know Proud Boys, but ‘they need to stand down,’ as he faces backlash for not criticizing white supremacists. — https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/30/trump-says-he-doesnt-know-proud-boys-after-criticism-debate/5870564002/ open ↗
• Trump Supporters Storm U.S. Capitol, Clash With Police. — https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/953616207/diehard-trump-supporters-gather-in-the-nations-capital-to-protest-election-resul?t=1629785978730 open ↗
• House Democrat Sues Trump, Giuliani And 2 Far-Right Groups Over Capitol Riot. — https://www.npr.org/2021/02/16/968374210/house-democrat-sues-trump-giuliani-and-2-far-right-groups-over-capitol-riot open ↗
• Washington verklagt „Proud Boys“ und „Oath Keeper“. — https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/washington-verklagt-proud-boys-und-oath-keeper-17684976.html open ↗
• Anklageschrift. — https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1510791/download open ↗
• Anklage gegen Anführer der rechtsextremen „Proud Boys“ ausgeweitet. — https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/usa-proud-boys-sturm-aufs-kapitol-1.5598470 open ↗
• Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Capitol riot. — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66676581 open ↗
• Are those whiffs of fascism that I smell? Living behind the orange curtain — Educational Philosophy and Theory (2019) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00131857.2019.1672854 open ↗
• “Canada becomes first nation to declare the Proud Boys a terrorist organization” — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/02/03/canada-declares-proud-boys-terrorist-organization/4372307001/ open ↗
• “Proud Boys: Canada labels far-right group a terrorist entity” — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55923485 open ↗
• “Proud Boys organizer, rioter who attacked officer arrested” — https://abcnews.go.com/US/capitol-rioter-allegedly-posted-pelosis-office-instagram-arrested/story?id=75324078 open ↗
• “'We are coming for them': Feds charge West Coast Proud Boys leader in Capitol riot investigation” — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/03/seattle-proud-boys-leader-charged-capitol-riots-1-183-charged/4379797001/ open ↗
• “Enrique Tarrio, the Cuban-American leader of the far-right 'Proud Boys'” — https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210106-who-exactly-is-enrique-tarrio-leader-of-the-us-s-far-right-proud-boys-organisation open ↗
• “トランプ氏、議会襲撃関与のほぼ全員に恩赦 1500人余” — https://jp.reuters.com/world/us/6NAA4TIUBBKULAVXRFNIROPJGU-2025-01-21/ open ↗
• “米極右「プラウド･ボーイズ」リーダーに約6カ月の禁錮刑 BLMの旗燃やした罪” — https://www.bbc.com/japanese/58312973 open ↗
• “Trump refuses to condemn White supremacists at presidential debate” — https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/30/politics/proud-boys-trump-white-supremacists-debate/index.html open ↗
• https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041121327/despite-arrests-and-setbacks-far-right-proud-boys-press-new-ambitions — https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041121327/despite-arrests-and-setbacks-far-right-proud-boys-press-new-ambitions open ↗
• Leader of Proud Boys and Four Other Members Indicted in Federal Court For Seditious Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol Breach — https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-proud-boys-and-four-other-members-indicted-federal-court-seditious-conspiracy-and open ↗

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1. 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Political cadre.
2. 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.

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