Proud Boy Leader Flips On His Buddies in Stunning Plea Deal – By Kelly Weill (Daily Beast) / April 8, 2022
Charles Donohoe is expected to cooperate with the government as it investigates the group for the January 6 attack.
A high-ranking Proud Boys leader pleaded guilty on Friday over his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol assault. The plea—the first from a core group of Proud Boys accused of planning the attack—comes amid a recent wave of guilty pleas from Proud Boys involved in the riot.
Charles Donohoe, leader of the far-right group’s North Carolina chapter, pleaded guilty to conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding and assaulting an officer. Donohoe is expected to assist the Justice Department in its ongoing investigation of the Proud Boys and their involvement in the Jan. 6 attack.
He is also the third Proud Boy to plead guilty this week, part of a growing crop of Jan. 6 cooperation deals with members of paramilitary groups.
