The return of battle-hardened leaders ... will further radicalize and fuel recruitment platforms,” said Jacob Ware, a Council on Foreign Relations research fellow.
President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers during the attack on the Capitol and suggests there could be a place in U.S. politics for the Proud Boys extremist group,
We need to find and put them behind bars for what they did. They need to pay for what they did,’ Enrique Tarrio exclaimed on Tuesday night, referencing those who investigated the January 6 Capitol attack.
The red MAGA hat has transformed into a symbol of the country’s willingness to absorb almost anything — any lie, any grievance — into a new, sour normal.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes were released from prison following President Donald Trump's pardon for Jan. 6 rioters.