#PROUD BOYS TRUMP TRIAL#
"3billion people heard our name and the other 4billion don't have a TV."ĭefendant Zachary Rehl replied that the group had been "brought into the Presidential conversation." "Boys, we are the #1 media point from the largest debate that has ever been seen or heard in the history of the world," the user "Chris Cannon Pb" wrote. Newfound fame the Proud Boys perceived to have gained from Trump's comment encouraged members of the group to remain part of the political conversation. "We are bigger than Jesus," a user called "Chris Cannon Pb" wrote in the chat.
The Proud Boys were galvanized by Trump's comment, messages in a different chat called Skull and Bones, populated with Proud Boys "elders," or senior officials, showed. Later in the evening, a Proud Boy with the username "Nebraska Red," not identified by the government, asked the group what the former president's phrase actually meant.Ī user called "Johnny Blackbeard," who the government identified as John Charles Stewart, replied: "I read it as stand by, don't engage immediately but be ready to go." 'We are bigger than Jesus' They say Trump's incendiary rhetoric and. 6 Defense attorneys have directed fire toward the former president for entirely different reasons. "Wouldn't condemn us," the messages from different Proud Boys, pouring in within milliseconds of each other, said.Ī few messages later, Tarrio tells the group: "Guys.stand by." 'Be ready to go' Proud Boys defense attorneys blame Trump for Jan. Defendants Tarrio, Ethan Nordean and Zachary Rehl were in the chat. In the minutes after Trump made the remark, Proud Boys sent a flurry of messages to a Telegram group chat called "Official Presidents Chat," which the Justice Department says was populated by Proud Boys chapter presidents across the country. Capitol, including the rare charge of seditious conspiracy.
The Proud Boys celebrated and expressed an increased sense of importance after former President Donald Trump told members of the right-wing extremist group to "stand back and stand by" during a September 2020 presidential debate, according to their Telegram messages, introduced as evidence in court Wednesday.įive Proud Boys, including leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, face various charges in connection with the Jan. Watch Video: Trump tells Proud Boys: 'Stand back and stand by'
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