but going off topic. >> in one case, elmer stewart rhodes, he said the same thing.elieve the proud boys are white nationalist. i think they have been sloppy and let white nationalists infiltrate the group. >> the proud boys have white supremacist tenets at their core. their founder said anybody can join as long as they accept and agree with the fact that white men were responsible for success of the west. so there's white supremacist tenets here, and they use their few people of color, sort of catapult them and show them aloft as the reason that they're not racist and they do this with enrique tarrio, their chairman, and they do this with even the wives of some proud boys who are black. this is a constant theme with them, showing we're not racist means we couldn't be out there doing racist things. and certainly they have. >> and enrico tarrio to me is a fascinating sort of terrifying character. a guy who is afro cuban from miami, you know, presents visually as a black man. but he's ripping down black lives matter signs. that's why he was arrested, why he wasn't actu

this follows november's conviction of two other oath keepers including the group's leader, elmer stewart rhodes under the same charge. and right now, five members of the proud boys including its former leader, enrique tarrio, are facing seditious conspiracy trials in their own trial that is currently under way. also, this man, richard barnett, famously seen propping his feet up in a desk in the office of then speaker nancy pelosi during the insurrection was found guilty on all eight counts against him, including felony charges of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. he could face up to 20 years in prison. add to that list three active duty marines assigned to intelligence related jobs who were charged last week with participating in the attack, with court records showing that one of the marines said that he was waiting for a second civil war. all this to say especially with the oath keeper convictions that the doj believes there was a conspiracy to overthrow the government, and they are winning convictions. and remember, it is not just the doj that is investigating the atte

these men joined the theater of the oath keepers, elmer stewart rhodes the third, and the top deputy,e both convicted of the same very rare charge last year. the numbers we've noted on the show, seditious conspiracy, first conspiring to overthrow or, quote, destroy by force the government of the united states, and obtaining convictions for it can be quite difficult. also today, a jury delivered with a guilty verdict, against one of the most memorable insurrectionists, the arkansas man, who infamously put his feet up on then speaker nancy pelosi's desk, left her a crude note, and stole an envelope from her office, 62 year old richard barnett was convicted of eight federal crimes, including for felonies. two years on, the capital certainly looks a lot different than it did that day. and the 118 congress is now being run by, we'll, allies of the ex president. the man who directed that mob to storm the capital. we have noticed an interesting pairing of the new speaker, kevin mccarthy, and georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. this duo has been spending a lot of time together, sinc

his name back then was "elmer," which may have paved the way for the life of turmoil that followed. [ laughter ] carnival cyclops stewart rhodesfounder of the oath keepers who directed his divorced dad goon squad to start a little civil war, was found guilty in november of seditious conspiracy and now faces up to 20 years in federal prison. weirdly, this is also true, elmer and his lawyer became lovers and she has now been indicted -- [ laughter ] -- on charges of felony obstruction and document tampering. that's what love does to you. [ laughter ] as for elmer, who wears an eye patch, because the gun rights advocate, he dropped his gun and accidentally shot himself in the face. currently behind bars, sleeping with his one good eye open and probably having collect call phone sex with his ladyfriend [ laughter ] and then lastly, we must not forget the supreme leader of the insurrection -- >> we love you, you're very special -- >> who is now a mentally ill imaginary baseball card dealer who lives on a golf course in florida. [ cheers and applause ] and spends his days and nights pretending he's still president of the united stat