convicted, four members of the proud boys, including former leader, enrique tarrio have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy for attempting to overthrow the government on january 6th in order to keep donald trump in power. in the four-month trial, prosecutors painted the proud boys as donald trump's army. they argued the defendants took the former president's 2020 tweet that the protest on january 6th will quote be wild as a call to action. they said the proud boys were thirsting for violence and were prepared to stop certification of president joe biden's win by, quote, any means necessary, including by force. until the aftermath of the riot on the capitol, the charge of seditious conspiracy was rarely used, but with today's decision, the department of justice has now secured ten trial convictions on the civil war era charge. the others were the oath keepers, including its leader, stewart rhodes. but today's conviction of enrique tarrio in particular could be the most consequential win yet for the justice department. we'll explain that in a moment. joining us now from outside the u.

of course enrique tarrio and joseph biggs was a leader in the organization.ne was a leader in philadelphia, the other a leader in florida. the jury looked at that and said if you are leading this organization from wherever part of the country you came from, you planned this, you plotted this, and you are guilty of seditious conspiracy. the only person interestingly that didn't get seditious conspiracy conviction, dominic pazolla, the person who used the officer's shield to smash through the window. >> that was the other charge he was facing, right? >> he faces other charges. and convicted of other charges. >> all right, let us go to elliot williams now. we're hearing now also that the judge has told this jury who's given this verdict, partial verdict because it's not every single count, to go back to the jury room and continue to deliberate. how unusual is this, and what is the judge basically asking them to do? is it that they're deadlocked on something you think or what? >> not unusual at all, sarah. it is incredibly common for juries to say, look, we've tr

i think enrique tarrio is one of the biggest ones here. aider and abetter in eight other counts. it could be jurors are having a difficult time wondering how he aided and abetted when he was not on the location. of course, encouragement, incitement, planning, all of those things are sufficient for aiding and abetting and conspiracy. it will be interesting to see which charges the jury is deadlocked on. sometimes it's something very insignificant. whether one of these five guys stole a shield from a police officer is probably insignificant in the vast scheme of things. >> what are you watching for next? so once we get this verdict, obviously, there are still outstanding cases, this is an ongoing investigation, barbara, from your perspective given all the experience you have, what are you waiting on the doj to do in terms of next moves? >> well, of course it's -- the larger case involving donald trump and his inner circle. will any of those people be indicted. i think the doj has done a very good job of prosecuting the people they have been

enrique tarrio had other issues.e had ripped down the black lives matter flag off a church, he had a gun cartridge he wasn't supposed to have, but the conspiracy charges are the ones that seem to be sticking. what does that tell you, you mentioned a lot of people, it was a conspiracy? >> the conspiracy charges are often the toughest to prove. it's an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, and then one act, what we call an overt act toward the commission of the crime. here's the thing, you don't enter into a conspiracy by filling out documents and getting them notarized. it's a secret agreement between bad folks. once you can prove a conspiracy, the reach of co-conspirator liability is so far, right, and that's why they were able to pull enrique tarrio into it even though he wasn't at the capitol. >> we'll show that video again, these are the leaders either now indicted or headed to jail. there they are in the basement plotting, they must have felt so cool in the moment, but that's when keeping it rea

a enrique tarrio y a o ilia: un jurado de washington declarÓ culpables de sediciÓn a enrique tarrio y y la posible condena. pedro: un jurado declarÓ culpables de conspiraciÓn sediciosa cuatro miembros de los proud boys, incluyendo lÍder de desorganizaciÓn, por el ataque al capitolio del 6 de enero, los miembros del jurado demoraron mÁs de una semana para cazar el veredicto en la corte federal de washington, el abogado pablo pÉrez nos hablÓ de ese cargo pena que se creo en la guerra civil estadounidense en el siglo xviii. >> la sediciÓn que es tratar de suplantar un gobierno legÍtimo en la conspiraciÓn, que es planificar mÁs de dos personas, porque uno no puede conspirar por sÍ mismo. necesitan menos un conspirador. pedro: este es uno de los mÁs importantes logros del departamento de justicia en relaciÓn al ataque al capitolio, dijo el fiscal garland, el veredicto de aclarÓ que el departamento de justicia harÁ todo lo posible para defender a los estadounidenses y su democracia. aÚn cuando dominique >> una vida, siempre cabe apelaciÓn, es una corte federal, y por supuesto las defensas d

found four members of the proud boys guilty of seditious conspiracy including the group's leader enrique tarrio. all of this related to their roles in the january 6th insurrection. >>> baseless lies, the biden administration is blasting moscow's claim that the u.s. is somehow tied to yesterday's drone explosion near the kremlin. now russia is seeking revenge, even using drones itself to attack ukraine with the words for moscow written on them. we're live from the battlefield. >>> and a mysterious illness, a detroit public school forced to shut down after reports of a spike in illnesses among young students stricken with flu-like symptoms. we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn "news central." ♪ >>> from insurrection to conviction, a major day for justice, coming two years and three months after the attack on the nation's capitol. some of the most serious offenders charged with the most serious violations were just found guilty. these four members of the far right group the proud boys are guilty of seditious conspiracy for trying to forcibly

he's been charged with lying about leaks to enrique tarrio. washington, d.c. police officer was arrested on friday when he lied about leaking confidential information to enrique tarrio and obstructing the investigation after the destruction of that black lives matter banner for which tarrio got indicted. this is some of the text they were texting to each other on telegram. looks like the feds are locking people up for rioting at the capitol. i hope none of your guys were among them. this guy told him. his name is officer le monde. in a telegram message. so far what i'm seeing and hearing, we're good. i can't say it officially, but personally i support you all and don't want to see your group's name and reputation dragged through the mud. okay, his name is lieutenant shane lemond. what do we know about that? you're starting to wrap up more people after tarrio has been convicted of seditious conseries. you think maybe people wonder whether being in trump world isn't paying off much. >> he has had a relationship with enrique tarrio through the post-election perio

enrique tarrio wasn't actually in washington that day.m a hotel room outside dc. guiding the riot from afar, said the prosecution, then taking credit for on social media. "make no mistake," he posted, "we did this." we're going to walk down to the capitol! the defence argued that donald trump was to blame, that his words and anger inspired the proud boys. and that there was no preplanned conspiracy, the riot happened on the spur of the moment. it's significant that enrique tarrio was convicted even though he wasn't at the capitol. that could strengthen the case against donald trump because neither was he. this decision means that people who didn't participate in the rioting can be held criminally accountable. a special counsel is currently investigating whether the former president should face criminal charges himself. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. now a look at some other stories making the news today... the israeli army says its forces have killed two palestinian gunmen accused of killing a british—israeli woman and her two

enrique tarrio wasn't actually in washington that day.offence, so he watched from a hotel room outside dc. guiding the riot from afar, said the prosecution, then taking credit for it on social media. "make no mistake," he posted, "we did this." we're going to walk down to the capitol! the defence argued that donald trump was to blame, that his words and anger inspired the proud boys and that there was no preplanned conspiracy — the riot happened on the spur of the moment. it's significant that enrique tarrio was convicted even though he wasn't at the capitol. that could strengthen the case against donald trump because neither was he. this decision means that people who didn't participate in the rioting can be held criminally accountable. a special counsel is currently investigating whether the former president should face criminal charges himself. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. three cases of bird flu have been detected on the farne islands, off the coast of northumberland, as more seabirds return for this year's breeding seas

when you think about it in real terms, enrique tarrio is the chairman of the proud boys. he was involved in setting the agenda, giving some of the orders, sort of overseeing the operation. so it really is not at all surprising that the jury held him accountable for the seditious conspiracy when the violent acts were actually being carried out by some of the members of the proud boys organization that kind of fell below enrique tarrio. it really is, again, an important data point, because hopefully the department of justice will begin to work its way up to the hierarchy and the command structure of the insurrection, not just the foot soldiers, not just the boots of the insurrection. >> so, glenn, when you have a partial verdict in this case, do you think -- how long do you think it could take until we get maybe a complete verdict here or, in your experience, have partial verdicts tended to lend themselves to mistrials for those charges? >> yeah, great question. it could fall either way. you know, they resolved several issues with guilty verdicts and they're still deliberat

so there was a lot of celebration even by enrique tarrio about the aftermath. but the jury was able to overcome all of that, and the takeaway here is all five defendants have been found guilty of very serious charges, and four of the defendants have been found guilty of that top charge of seditious conspiracy. the one who is outstanding, the jury will still have to keep deliberating on whether he was a part of this conspiracy or whether he was somewhat acting on his own. >> and, ken, you were telling us just how widespread the investigations have been, but this trial has been so important for the doj. >> yeah. that's right. this was the big one because of the seditious conspiracy charges, jose, and also because the proud boys were perhaps the most organized, the most bent towards violence according to the prosecution theory of any of the organized groups that participated in the attack on the capitol that day. viewers may also want to understand how does this investigation go with the effort to overturn the election. there's sort of parallel investigations. thi

it was not enrique tarrio. they want to use enrique tarrio as a scapegoat for donald j. ose in power.” tarrio was convicted even though he was not in washington during the insurrection. he had been arrested days earlier in another criminal case. we are joined now by andy campbell. he is a senior editor at huffpost. his book is titled, “we are proud boys: how a right-wing street gang ushered in a new era of american extremism.” start off by talking about the significance of these verdicts. four verdicts, guilty verdicts for suspicious conspiracy. andy: it is a hard bar to cross. not only did prosecutors have to prove that the proud boys impeded or oppose the government by force, but that they had an agreement to do so before hand. that last bit was a difficult bar for them to cross. prosecutors put together a strong case against them and proved the proud boys did have an agreement even on the day to storm the capital. -- capitol. this charge is historically brought against terrorists on american soil. the last successful prosecution was against islamic militants who were t

enrique tarrio is an interesting character.these men were at -- in the riots, amongst the group on january 6th. enrique tarrio was not. >> yes, he was not there and that was because of another case. he was convicted of a case where he had burned a black lives matter flag hanging on a church, and he also had some gun cartridges not legal in d.c. so the judge after he was caught with that said you're not allowed to come back into the district of columbia while this is being hashed out. so he was not there while all of this is going down, so you wonder how did the prosecution then pull him into this case with the four others. i will tell you how because they say they have evidence that show he was helping plan this, and there are lots of quotes from him on social media -- on social media and on private chats between him and some of the others, and the prosecution is trying to argue that because he helps plan this even though he wasn't there taking part in it, he is also -- remember it's a conspiracy charge. it's not that you actua

enrique tarrio, zachary rehl, joseph biggs, and ethan nordean were on trial for their role in tryingevent a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election. the guilty verdicts marked the third time that prosecutors have secured convictions for seditious conspiracy following the insurrection. cnn has more live from outside the courthouse. from the beginning, legal experts and lawyers have said this is not an easy charge to get a conviction on, and yet here they have again. explain exactly what the jury decided here. >> reporter: it's not an easy charge, and it's not one that the justice department uses often or uses lightly, but they have levied this charge against the right-wing group taking part on january 6th and the jury agreeing the justice department has enough evidence to prove the case that these menners leaders of the proud boys, came to an agreement and wanted to somehow block, hurt, hinder, or even overthrow the u.s. government using force. so those are the two key things that were proved today, that the jury agreed with, and that resulted in finding these four men, the

although the group's ex-leader, enrique tarrio, was not in d.c. on january 6th, prosecutors allege that he was involved in planning ahead of the attack and pointed to a message he sent during the riot saying, quote, make no mistake, we did this. >> the jury has spoken, and that's our system of justice. very disappointed in the verdict. >> reporter: defense attorneys argue that it was former president trump, not their clients, who was to blame for the violence. they're planning to appeal the convictions. now that seditious conspiracy count comes with a maximum of 20 years in prison. some believe the verdict could also empower federal prosecutors to bring charges against other key figures accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election, so a lot to still watch out for here. >> definitely. jarred hill in new york, thank you. >>> a 21-year-old man who was a student at the university of california davis until last week has now been charged in connection with a string of deadly stabbings near campus. this video shows police detaining the

four members of the far-right extremist group the proud boys, including its former president, enrique tarrioof numerous felonies, including seditious conspiracy. a federal jury convicted the four of plotting the attack on the capitol as part of its bid to keep donald trump in the white house and prevent the peaceful transfer of power to then-president-elect joe biden. they each face decades in prison. the convictions are seen as a major victory for the department of justice as part of the largest criminal investigation in american history. cbs's scott macfarlane is with us here in washington and is going to start us off tonight from outside the federal court. good evening, scott. >> reporter: norah, this was the longest and largest trial to emerge from january 6th. for four months, prosecutors put members of the far-right proud boys front and center that day, saying they did so in defense of a president they wanted to keep in office, even if it meant violence. it was one of the darkest days in american history, and federal prosecutors cast the five proud boys as leaders of the mob responsibl

had still been, you know, basically rallying his team and enrique tarrio and the other four defendants then president, donald trump, and it entered into the sort of agreement that they were going to try to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election by any means necessary. and i think what this really means is that you can be convicted of participating in a riot, even though you were not there. so that is one of the things to take away from this. also, i think, given that we have already got the hearings that happened with january the 6th where lawmakers have basically said that what happened on january the 6th was not some riot that got out of control, that it was planned, that was there was a plan in place to try to overturn democracy. the verdicts that are coming insofar, and just to emphasise, we are still waiting for more counts, for more charges for thejury to give more counts, for more charges for the jury to give us the verdict on them, but what it does this really strengthens the government's case that this was preplanned, this wasn'tjust that this was preplanned,

four members of the far right extremist group the proud boys, including its former president, enrique tarriofelonis, including seditious conspiracy. a federal jury convicted the four of plotting the attack on the capitol as part of its bid to keep donald trump in the white house and prevent the peaceful transfer of power to then-president-elect joe biden. they each face decades in prison. the convictions are seen as a major victory for the department of justice, as part of the largest criminal investigation in american history. cbs's scott macfarlane is with us here in washington and is going to start us off tonight from outside the federal court. good evening, scott. >> reporter: norah, this was the longest and largest trial to emerge from january 6th. for four months, prosecutors put members of the far right proud boys front and center that day, saying they did so in defense of a president they wanted to keep in office, even if it meant violence. it was one of the darkest days in american history. and federal prosecutors cast the five proud boys as leaders of the mob responsible, assemblin

the government proved ethan nordean, joseph biggs, zachary rehl and the group's enrique tarrio saw themselves as donald trump's army thirsting for violence and organizing for action. henry tarrio had been barred from the nation's capitol that day, but on the eve of the insurrection tarrio was seen meeting with the oath keepers in an underground parking garage in washington. prosecutors say the next day he orchestrated the attack from afar texting his fellow proud boys at the height of the violence telling them, don't expletive leave. the jury today also convicting a key foot soldier, proud boys dominic pezzola who was seen in that infamous video using a stolen police shield to smash through a window. pezzola found guilty of a number of felonies including obstructing a congressional proceeding and assaulting officers, but acquitted on seditious conspiracy. the proud boys were tied to donald trump long before january 6th. the ranks only surged when trump called them out by name at a debate. >> proud boys, stand back and stand by. >> reporter: the group portrayed themselves as heart drinkers wit

this, specifically, with enrique tarrio, that was the biggest challenge with. him because, of course, he was not actually on the grounds of the u.s. capitol that they. he had been arrested in connection with a separate incident, it was actually a baltimore hotel on january 6th itself. so it was really only these communications that ultimately brought him into this conspiracy and resulted in this conviction. and it's a very significant step here because this is an instance where you have someone who was not actually on the grounds of the u.s. capitol that day brought into a conspiracy, criminal conspiracy involving the attack on the u.s. capitol. so, obviously it has broader implications for the jack smith investigation in terms of donald trump's involvement if there's any charges related to the january 6th attack itself. you know, this is a big win for doj because this was a big challenge, the sort of one for the gold here and they went for this case that involved seditious conspiracy charges and got 4 to 5 counts. and, it's very explainable why that fifth coun

after a lengthy trial today, a jury found enrique tarrio, the leader of the right-wing extremist group as the proud boys, and three of his peers guilty of plotting in a criminal conspiracy to overthrow the government by force in furtherance of donald trump's attempted coup. a fifth defendant, a man named dominic pezzola, who you may recognize from some of that january 6th footage was acquitted of the conspiracy charge, although he was convicted of multiple other federal offenses. this is now the third seditious conspiracy trial to secure the convictions of right-wing gang members related to the january 6th insurrection. nine members of the fringe extremist group known as the oath keepers were either convicted or plead guilty to seditious conspiracy in two previous cases. it is difficult to overstate how rare these kinds of convictions are. it's really unusual for prosecutors to even bring charges of seditious conspiracy. it is even more unusual for them to successfully prosecute the cases. the government has not successfully prosecuted a case like this before january 6th since the earl

when the so-called proud boys, including their leader, enrique tarrio, were found guilty of seditious sentence of 20 years. merrick garland wanted to draw attention to today's convictions, and so, he stepped up to a microphone at the justice department, with federal prosecutors in the director of the fbi on each side of him. and he delivered a carefully phrased statement, which was as close as he could possibly come to telling donald trump that he is next. >> now, after three trials, we have secured the convictions of leaders of both the proud boys and the oath keepers for seditious conspiracy. specifically, conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power. our work will continue. but my senate confirmation hearing, just over a month after january 6th, i promised that the justice department would do everything in its power to hold accountable those responsible for the heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy. the justice department will never stop working to defend the democracy to which all americans are entitled. >> in a civil lawsu

you have interviewed their leader, enrique tarrio, is this verdict a major blow to the group? >> reporter: absolutely, it is, just like it was a major blow to the oath keepers. you talk to any group like the antidefamation league or the fblc about what this does, and really it sends a message and it is a huge warning that if you take part in groups like this and if you get sucked into this idea of doing violence, and you actually go forth and plan or plot something, and then further more go forward and do it, you're going to be punished. and they're facing those who got convicted of seditious conspiracy up to 20 years in prison just for that charge alone. so it is definitely a warning. it is definitely something that's going to make someone at least stop for a second and try to regroup and say, do i want to be a part of this. you know, we should mention that in canada, the proud boys have been listed as a terrorist group, so this is definitely significant. we have seen the unraveling, if you will, of the oath keepers. the proud boys still around, they're still active on differ

>> not all except for enrique ta tarrio. he was not there. he was the one defendant who was not in d.c. he had already gotten in trouble, a judge told him to stay out of d.c. because he had burned a black lives matter flag which he admitted and had brought some illegal gun cartridges to d.c., and so he wasn't allowed to be there. but this is a conspiracy charge, and so this jury -- and i was there for some of the jury selection, and i watched some of this trial as it was going forward -- this jury is being asked to look at whether there was a plan or a plot, not whether or not it actually happened, and what they found with a mountain of evidence, that can only be described as a mountain of evidence. this went on for 18 weeks with five different defendants. they found that four of the five did commit seditious conspiracy. the thing i found very interesting and also somewhat surprising is that dominic pezzola is the one person they did not find guilty of seditious conspiracy, but we have seen numerous pictures and videos of him breaking into th

meanwhile, enrique tarrio and several members of the proud boys have all been convicted of seditious for their role in the january 6th capitol attack in 2021. >> thank you so much. >>> the georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into former president trump and his allies is now signaling a new timetable for potential charges. in a letter obtained by cnn, fulton coin district attorney fanny willis announced remote work days for most of her staff during the first three weeks of august. she also asked judges to refrain from in-person hearings for parts of that month. the move suggests that willis expects the grand jury to unseal indictments during that time period. cnn's sara murray has details. >> reporter: a georgia prosecutor that's been investigating efforts by donald trump and his allies to overturn the election in that state in 2020 is now dropping some hints about when she may announce whether anyone could potentially face charges in this case. in a new letter, the fulton district attorney writes to county officials that much of her staff minus her leadership team and minus a

>> well, there was some concern about enrique tarrio, the top defendant in a way, the national chairmanproud boys at that time could be convicted and whether the jury would think, you know, conducting -- the fact he was involved throughout all of this certainly puts him in a different situation. but you had his involvement in really creating a chapter, a special chapter that was created on december 12th, the day after you remember donald trump called everybody to washington with the famous december 19 tweet, "will be wild." he starts the chapter the next day. it's a highly secretive chapter. it's devoted to january 6th. he appoints the leaders. the leaders hand select ten people each, and as it gets closer and closer to january 6th, there are more and more references in the encrypted telegram chats to the capital, to violence, to maybe we ought to raise some bail money. and then on the day of the event he's in baltimore, yes, but he's on parlor as the riot is taking place saying things like "proud of my boys," "do what must be done," "don't effing leave," "1776." he says something to th

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enrique tarrio said make ate spectacle.rms of him directing them to go inside the capitol or attack the capitol i would imagine that's something that jurors are going to be looking at very closely what the government actually has in terms of evidence there, nicole. >> i will echo what glen said, we are a lucky you are our eyes and ears on the ground. thank you for bringing us your latest reporting. >>> a judge could soon make public the damaging text messages fox news wanted to keep secret in the dominion lawsuit. why that matters. we'll explain next. l explain net ♪ well, the stock is bubbling in the pot ♪ ♪ just till they taste what we've got ♪ [ tires squeal, crash ] when owning a small business gets real, progressive gets you right back to living the dream. now, where were we? [ cheering ] (seth) not to brag, but i just switched to verizon. (cecily) wow! (seth) and i got to choose the phone i wanted. for free. (cecily) not that you're bragging. (vo) switch and choose the phone you want, like the incredible iphone 14, on

enrique tarrio, the head of the proud boys, didn't go into the capitol either, but again, i think youo, i think that it shows, i think the success of this justice department strategy, of just conviction after conviction, trial after trial, accountability. there was concerns about violence in new york when trump was arraigned here. not many people showed up. and again, i think that shows that there is a message here. if you are going to protest on behalf of donald trump and be violent, you personally won't be held accountable. and i think that is deterring people. and i also think it increases the public consensus that it is not fair trump is not being held accountable. >> representative -- there is an irony here. in this trial you have both the defense and the prosecution, to some extent, saying that donald trump was in fact responsible, perhaps to different degrees and different motivations. and to david's point, you have thousands of people almost, basically saying we did this because trump told us to do this, and yet donald trump continues to be a fear man on this allegation. >> yo

if i'm, let's say, enrique tarrio, who like stewart rhodes was not physically at the capitol, and he sees him get 18 years. this guy is 58 years old, he won't be out until he's in hi70s, i'm thinking they have to be worried, right, when they get sentenced? >> yeah, look, who else do we know who is very high profile and wasn't inside the capitol? as neither enrique tarrio or stewart rhodes were but helped instigate, insight, plan violence that day. so that's people like donald trump, roger stone, steve bannon, who all must look at this. but you know who else is looking at this as kind of a beta test? i think special counsel jack smith is looking at this going, wow, we have had now two major cases, proud boys cases, oath keepers cases, very serious cases, d.c. juries aren't buying their stories. and he may be emboldened to really levee the most serious charges against trump and his cohorts. >>> do you think this kind of sentence, because it is stiff, 18 years is a long time, do you think this might help unlock some of the answers to the questions we haven't got answered, who put those

charged with lying to federal investigators about his communications with proud boys' leader enrique tarrioas indicted sedition. it lays out a series of crypted text messages between lieutenant la mond sharing information about the capital insurrection investigation. back if march, tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the capital riots. paula reid is with us. what kind of information is la mond, for the homeland security security unite of the metropolitan police department here in d.c., what was he sharing with the proud boys? >> the proud boys are a western chauvinist group and la mond is a 24 year veteran of the police. and as you noted at the time, he was head of the intelligence division of the police department. and according to this indictment, la mond was in touch with tarrio dating back to july of 2019. sharing information with him about law enforcement activities related to the proud boys and even about tarrio himself. they communicated approximately 500 times. now in december, 2020, shortly after the 2020 election, tarrio stole and burned a black lives matt

. >> reporter: proud boys leader enrique tarrio also convicted of seditious conspiracy is slated to betenced august 30th. lester >> ken dilanian tonight, thank you. >>> the newest declared republican candidate for president, florida governor ron desantis, looking to move on today after a turbulent campaign launch and now he is starting to take more shots at a past ally, former president trump here is gabe gutierrez >> reporter: it's only day two, and tonight florida governor ron desantis already doing damage control after his campaign's rocky roll-out >> it did break the twitter space. and so we're really excited with the enthusiasm. >> reporter: the glitchy audio-only campaign launch on twitter spaces with billionaire ceo elon musk was delayed by nearly a half hour as the live stream crashed repeatedly. >> there is so many people it's unfortunate i've never seen this before. >> reporter: desantis' campaign was able to put out its first ad >> i'm ron desantis, and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> reporter: but critics like republican front-runner former

and i have one more thing to show you, enrique tarrio who just got convicted of seditious conspiracy,g a vest with rwds. explain this tie to the military and to neo naziism, particularly since this person is hispanic and not white. >> yeah, joy. one thing i would note is over the last probably decade, but particularly during the social media era, you see a blending of ideolo ideologies. it's a choose your own adventure of extremism ideologistologies. you could see this pretty consistently, people staying at home, picking their ideology, whatever their hateful ideology is and mixing and matching it. there's already suggestions it wasn't just a white supremacy, it was also incel misogyny. it was also connections to russian platforms. this is highly common in these online spaces. you'll see a lot of overlap between these groups. that's why you'll see it showing up in a group like the proud boys having that patch that inspires other individuals in extremism circles. i think the key point of this is online spaces is the connective tissue. in person, it is the access to weapons. i mean, jus

of the charges against them four of the five defendants, including the group's former leader, enrique tarrio, were convicted of seditious conspiracy, a civil war era law making it a crime to violently resist the authority of the u.s. government four were convicted of trying to obstruct the certification of president biden's electoral college victory, and all five were convicted of interfering with the duties of members of congress, many of whom found themselves running for their lives on january 6th today's verdict makes clear that the justice department will do everything in its power to defend the american people and american democracy >> reporter: the evidence coming in some cases from the defendants' own mouths. >> january 6th will be a day in infamy. >> the significance of the verdict in this case definitely goes not only to these defendants, but to others as well in other investigations >> reporter: prosecutors have not established that the capitol attack was planned in advance, but told jurors the defendants set out that day to act as donald trump's army, trying to illegally keep the

ethan nordean, zachary, real joseph biggs and former proud boys leader enrique tarrio all face up toyears in prison. the conviction of tarrio is especially significant. he was not actually in washington on january, the 6th, but he helped to create a command structure in the group leading up to the attacks on that day. this is the 3rd time convictions for seditious conspiracy. what handed down as federal prosecutors go after those who breached the capitol and threaten the peaceful transfer of power. california attorney general rob bonta is opening an investigation into the nfl about possible workplace discrimination. but the says that his office, along with the new york attorney general will look into allegations of a hostile work environment and pay inequality across the nfl today, both offices issued subpoenas to the national football league for information in a statement, botta says, quote, no company is too big or popular to avoid being held responsible for their actions. >> still ahead, the warriors trying to even things up in their playoff series against lebron james and the los

also convicted of seditious conspiracy is proud boys chairman enrique tarrio.'t at the capitol that day, having been arrested on another charge two days previously. much of the evidence came from this man, another leader, charles donohoe, who pled guilty and cooperated with the authorities. taking our country back. but despite all the evidence shown in court, over 1,000 people have now been prosecuted, january the 6th is still very much contested territory in america. returning to the scene over two years on, almost nothing is agreed by all sides. january the 6th has become emblematic of america's bitter political divide. what we saw is that over the weeks and months, the narrative got rewritten. history got rewritten. i think there were a lot of unanswered questions for the public and in terms of the story we're going to tell ourselves about what january 6th meant, still very unsettled. when i remember what happened here on that day, i don't really recall it as a sort of separate event, more as another episode of political violence in what was an extremely pol

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i also convicted of seditious conspiracy is proud boys chairman enrique tarrio., almost nothing is agreed by all sides. january 6th has become emblematic of america�*s bitter political divide. i think there were a lot of unanswered questions for the public, and in terms of the story we are going to tell ourselves about what january 6th meant, still very unsettled. when i remember what happened here on that day, i don�*t really recall it as a sort of separate event — more as another episode of political violence in what was an extremely politically violent year in american history that i witnessed and reported on. in april of 2020, an armed mob stormed the michigan state house. among them, members of the wolverine watchmen militia group. i met them and others outside, armed to the teeth. this is pete musico, co—founder of the wolverine watchmen. you have to intimidate your government to keep them in check. if you look atjapan, china, you look at history — when you take away weapons, government has a chance to run you over. musico is now serving 12 years in prison

and enrique tarrio has been indicted for -- sorry, convicted of seditious conspiracy.was not literally, but in bed with him, giving him information. and here is a telegram exchange between the two men two days after the insurrection. looks like the feds are locking people up for rioting at the capitol. i hoe nonepe none of your guys among them. so far we're good. great to hear. of course i can't say it officially, but personally i support you all and don't want to see your group's name or reputation dragged through the mud. he says brunt will come down on us. and it won't matter. simply entering the building will be enough to get charged. being up on the upper terrace past the police lines may even be enough. yeah. felonies? yes, 100%. so it is very, very shocking and good for law enforcement for going after one of their own. >> he is using his professional acts for his personal views. >> you have every right to be a bigot and have far right extremist views. but he was using this position that the good citizens of washington, d.c. had entrusted him with, supervisor of

those convicted include the group's ex—leader, enrique tarrio.ions follow a trial lasting nearly four months as the us justice department pursues criminal charges against more than 1000 people arising from the capitol attack by supporters of then president donald trump. joining me now isjon lewis, who's a research fellow at the programme on extremism at george washington university. i think will be most useful first of all isjust to i think will be most useful first of all is just to remind i think will be most useful first of all isjust to remind us i think will be most useful first of all is just to remind us who the proud boys are. all isjust to remind us who the proud boys are.— all isjust to remind us who the proud boys are. absolutely. the proud boys are. absolutely. the proud boys _ proud boys are. absolutely. the proud boys are _ proud boys are. absolutely. the proud boys are a _ proud boys are. absolutely. the proud boys are a fascist - proud boys are. absolutely. the proud boys are a fascist street l proud boys are. absolutely. the - pr