How the Proud Boys are prepping for a second Trump term

They led the charge on the Capitol. What next?

By Rebecca Jackson and Steve Coll

The world has moved on since Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, went to prison two years ago. “What the fuck is AI?” he asked us in a recent email – his first interview with the mainstream press since he was jailed. “How the fuck has HBO completed two full seasons of a ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off without me knowing about it?!?”

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