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https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-informant-panic-is-ruining-friendships-all-over-the-far-right-proud-boys-and-america-firsters

https://www.businessinsider.com/proud-boys-members-stopped-capitol-police-from-sealing-capitol-tunnels-2021-2

Evidence of disarray within the leadership of the Proud Boys emerged on February 12, 2021. The Alabama state chapter issued a statement saying, "We do not recognize the assumed authority of any national Proud Boy leadership including the Chairman, the Elders, or any subsequent governing body that is formed to replace them until such a time we may choose to consent to join those bodies of government". The state chapters of Indiana and Oklahoma endorsed the Alabama statement.

Nicholas Ochs was a 2020 candidate for the Hawaii State Legislature, backed by Roger Stone. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/01/07/man-who-ran-office-hawaii-among-proud-boys-who-stormed-us-capitol/

Gabriel Garcia was a 2020 candidate fir the Florida House of Representatives. Nicholas DeCarlo runs a group called Murder the Media and has a YouTube channel called Thunderdome TV. Ethan Nordean AKA Rufio Panman was interviewed at length in 2018 by Alex Jones on Infowars and runs a political podcast called Rebel Talk with Rufio.

https://www.mediamatters.org/alex-jones/member-violent-men-only-fraternal-organization-proud-boys-goes-infowars-recruit

According to the New York Times, by February 4, at least 12 members and others with "possible ties" to the Proud Boys had been arrested for their involvement in the storming of the Capitol, including leaders Joe Biggs and Ethan Nordean.

Christopher M. Kelly of New City, New York was charged with invading the Capitol. The criminal complaint states that an informant had been providing information to the FBI about his social media posts since 2019.

Andrew Ryan Bennett of Columbia, Maryland surrendered to authorities after a search of his home uncovered a Proud Boys hat and other evidence.

Ethan Nordean of Seattle was arrested on February 3, charged with being the "chief organizer of a mob of about 100 other members of the group that marched through Washington" on January 6. The same day, DeCarlo and Ochs were charged "with conspiring with one another and unnamed co-conspirators to stop the certification of Mr. Biden’s Electoral College".

Daniel Goodwyn, a member of the Proud Boys from Corinth, Texas was arrested on January 29.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protests-arrests/bomb-making-manuals-found-in-home-of-proud-boy-who-stormed-us-capitol-idUSKBN29Y2Y5

Proud Boys leader and right wing media personality Joe Biggs was arrested on the last day of Trump's presidency.

Gabriel Garcia, a member of the Proud Boys from Miami, was arrested on three federal charges related to the storming of the Capitol. Garcia is a former Army captain and an unsuccessful 2020 candidate for the Florida House of Representatives.

Avowed white supremacist Bryan Betancur of Silver Spring, Maryland was arrested after photos showed him wearing a Proud Boys t-shirt and helping hold a Confederate flag.

Proud Boy Jay Robert Thaxton of Concord, North Carolina was arrested near the Capitol for a curfew violation on January 6.

Proud Boys Nick Ochs of Honolulu, Dominic "Spaz" Pezzola of Rochester, New York and Daniel Goodwyn of San Francisco have been indicted on federal charges for invading the Capitol building. Although not present at the Capitol, Proud Boy Eduard Florea of Queens, New York was arrested for threatening Senator-elect Rafael Warnock on January 6.