Proud Boys member pleads guilty to conspiracy for Capitol attack
Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021 (John Minchillo/AP/PA)
A man has pleaded guilty to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge.
Jeremy Joseph Bertino, 43, has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigation of the role that Proud Boys leaders played in the mob’s attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, a federal prosecutor said.
