In court, the Proud Boys got a painful civics lesson they won’t soon forget

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.thereidout Blog: The judge's opinion read like the world’s easiest civics lesson, clarifying that violent insurrections are, in fact, not protected speech.

Proud Boys leaders Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Charles Donohoe and Zachary Rehl all tried to have the Department of Justice’s federal case against them tossed on freedom of speech grounds — and U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly wasn’t feeling it.

He allowed the most serious charge against the group members — obstruction of a federal proceeding — to continue, as well. The charge, and it carries a maximum 20-year sentence.

 

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