Judge Refuses To Dismiss Alleged Proud Boys Leaders' Charges

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7. They charged 3 other "followers" who were with them in the Capitol almost 2 weeks ago

Three more Philadelphia Proud Boys have been charged in Capitol riot after taking photos inside a senator’s office



by Oona Goodin-Smith
Published Dec 14, 2021

Federal prosecutors Tuesday unsealed charges against three more members of the Philadelphia Proud Boys related to the Jan. 6 insurrection, after agents uncovered photos of the men flashing hate symbols inside a U.S. senator’s office and posing on the steps of the Capitol during the riot.

The three men — Isaiah Giddings, 29, of Philadelphia; Brian Healion, 31, of Upper Darby; and Freedom Vy, 36, of Philadelphia — were arrested Friday, and have been charged in federal court in D.C. with unlawful entry on restricted buildings or grounds, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Giddings’ attorney did not immediately return a request for comment. It was unclear whether Healion or Vy had obtained lawyers.

The new charges against the Philadelphia Proud Boys members come after prosecutors have pointed to the chapter’s president, Zach Rehl, as having a top-tier leadership role in strategizing the group’s plan of attack on Jan. 6. And it was, in part, a search of Rehl’s phone that led agents to charge the other three. In a group chat on Jan. 5 — which authorities found on Rehl’s phone after his March arrest — the men swapped information about their blood types and emergency contacts with an unnamed person before carpooling to Washington, court documents say.

According to the charging documents, contact information for Giddings, Healion, and Vy in Rehl’s phone all included the letters “PB,” and other messaging content led investigators to believe the men knew each other, at least in part, due to their affiliation with the Proud Boys. Investigators have described the Proud Boys, a militant nationwide organization whose members were among Donald Trump’s most vocal and violent supporters, as one of the primary instigating forces behind the Capitol attack.

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https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-proud-boys-capitol-riot-20211214.html

I am guessing from all the many sleuths out there providing photo evidence of who was where, they have had to systematically comb through thousands of images, ID them, track them, and bring charges (including through a grand jury if necessary) if they hadn't already been arrested for other on-the-scene charges, and then go about getting the cases into the court system.

A tweet had pics of Rehl and his hoodlums in Jeff Merkley's office -

Link to tweet

Opal Katz
@DianthaSol
Isn't this PB Zach Rehl INSIDE the office too with #NinjaRaphpb? #SeditionHunters @TwittsnTweets @capitolhunters @nine_niall @Detrumpify_org @1600PennPooch @CTExposers
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3:38 PM · Feb 25, 2021

Interesting from the above pics how they were eager to "document" their criminality (one guy is holding what looks like a (am guessing digital) SLR type camera with a flash up on a mount or something up on the mount).