Charles Donohoe, 34, from North Carolina, pleaded guilty to conspiring to obstruct an official session and assaulting federal officials in a lawsuit heard in federal court in Washington. Donohoe’s agreement with prosecutors also includes a clause for him to cooperate with the Justice Department’s lawsuits against other Proud Boys members.
Federal guidelines provide for 6-7 years in prison for this crime. However, the federal judge will decide how much sentence the accused gets.
The indictment against Donohoe and other members of racist groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers (Oath Keepers) is the focus of the Justice Department’s investigation into the January 6, 2021 Congressional attack, that Donohoe is the head of a local group in North Carolina affiliated with the Proud Boys; It is also stated that he has close relations with Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys.
More than 30 people accused in the Congressional assault case were identified as the leader, member, or affiliation of the Proud Boys.
The group’s leader, Tarrio, has denied the accusation that he remotely manipulated the process of preventing Congress from confirming Biden’s 2020 election victory. Prosecutors say that although Tarrio was not at the Capitol on January 6, he organized encrypted messages with members of the Proud Boys weeks before the attack, made a 42-second phone call with another member of the group who was in the Capitol building at the time of the attack, and played a role in the chaos in Congress.
New Yorker Matthew Greene became the first Proud Boys member to confess to conspiracy in December; He had agreed to cooperate with the authorities as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
On the morning of January 6, 2021, members of the Proud Boys met at the Washington Monument and walked to the Congress building before then US President Donald Trump finished his address to his supporters near the White House.
In one of the indictments, it is stated that a group of Proud Boys members followed the crowd, who broke through the barriers at the pedestrian entrance in front of the Congress building, just before the Congress started the joint session to register the election results approximately 2 hours later. Some Proud Boys members are also recorded to have entered the Capitol building after the crowd broke in by smashing the windows and forcing the doors.
Officials say that since January 6, 2021, more than 775 people have been arrested in all 50 states for crimes related to the attack on Congress.
Charles Donohoe, 34, from North Carolina, pleaded guilty to conspiring to obstruct an official session and assaulting federal officials in a lawsuit heard in federal court in Washington. Donohoe’s agreement with prosecutors also includes a clause for him to cooperate with the Justice Department’s lawsuits against other Proud Boys members.
Federal guidelines provide for 6-7 years in prison for this crime. However, the federal judge will decide how much sentence the accused gets.
The indictment against Donohoe and other members of racist groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers (Oath Keepers) is the focus of the Justice Department’s investigation into the January 6, 2021 Congressional attack, that Donohoe is the head of a local group in North Carolina affiliated with the Proud Boys; It is also stated that he has close relations with Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys.
More than 30 people accused in the Congressional assault case were identified as the leader, member, or affiliation of the Proud Boys.
The group’s leader, Tarrio, has denied the accusation that he remotely manipulated the process of preventing Congress from confirming Biden’s 2020 election victory. Prosecutors say that although Tarrio was not at the Capitol on January 6, he organized encrypted messages with members of the Proud Boys weeks before the attack, made a 42-second phone call with another member of the group who was in the Capitol building at the time of the attack, and played a role in the chaos in Congress.
New Yorker Matthew Greene became the first Proud Boys member to confess to conspiracy in December; He had agreed to cooperate with the authorities as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
On the morning of January 6, 2021, members of the Proud Boys met at the Washington Monument and walked to the Congress building before then US President Donald Trump finished his address to his supporters near the White House.
In one of the indictments, it is stated that a group of Proud Boys members followed the crowd, who broke through the barriers at the pedestrian entrance in front of the Congress building, just before the Congress started the joint session to register the election results approximately 2 hours later. Some Proud Boys members are also recorded to have entered the Capitol building after the crowd broke in by smashing the windows and forcing the doors.
Officials say that since January 6, 2021, more than 775 people have been arrested in all 50 states for crimes related to the attack on Congress.