According to Tarrio’s messages, which were sent using an encrypted program, the Trump campaign asked the Proud Boys for help in the days after the election, when the results were called for now-President Joe Biden.
The campaign asked the Proud Boys to attend rallies and to appear indistinguishable from other rally-goers, rather than wearing their traditional black and yellow garb.
“The campaign asked us to not wear colors to these events,” Tarrio said in one of the messages, which was dated November 8, 2020, just days after the election.
"Slightly more than half of the men and women charged with federal crimes in the Jan. 6 attack have entered guilty pleas in their cases. But even as cases close, new defendants and charges continue to surface, which could stretch the overall prosecution well into 2024, if not beyond," said the report. "In its latest update, the Justice Department said the FBI is seeking to identify at least 260 more people wanted in the attack."
"They are actively and knowingly consuming propaganda because it fits their narrative. They don't consume it out of stupidity, but out of malevolence, wanting to be validated on what they want to be true instead of the actual truth."