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A Proud Boys member and his brother from Oregon have been ordered jailed pending trial on federal charges of conspiring to breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, including by allegedly wrenching open a door and impeding police using a pole with a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag.
The arrests Tuesday of Jonathanpeter Allen Klein, 21, of Heppner, Ore., and Matthew Leland Klein, 24, of Sherwood, Ore., bring to at least 25 the number of Proud Boys members and associates charged in the rioting that forced lawmakers to evacuate, delayed Congress’s confirmation of the 2020 election results and led to assaults on nearly 140 police officers.
[Both have been involved in clashes in Portland as well. One faces gun charges there.]
Prosecutors have alleged that four leaders communicated with as many 60 users of an encrypted “Boots on the Ground” channel to coordinate actions in Washington that day by members of the Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violence.
Arguing for Jonathanpeter Klein’s conditional release pending trial, assistant federal defender Michelle M. Sweet of Portland said the home-schooled son of missionaries in South America was a responsible and hard-working man.
The arrests Tuesday of Jonathanpeter Allen Klein, 21, of Heppner, Ore., and Matthew Leland Klein, 24, of Sherwood, Ore., bring to at least 25 the number of Proud Boys members and associates charged in the rioting that forced lawmakers to evacuate, delayed Congress’s confirmation of the 2020 election results and led to assaults on nearly 140 police officers.
[Both have been involved in clashes in Portland as well. One faces gun charges there.]
Prosecutors have alleged that four leaders communicated with as many 60 users of an encrypted “Boots on the Ground” channel to coordinate actions in Washington that day by members of the Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violence.
Arguing for Jonathanpeter Klein’s conditional release pending trial, assistant federal defender Michelle M. Sweet of Portland said the home-schooled son of missionaries in South America was a responsible and hard-working man.
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