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A former Proud Boys leader said he has received death threats after reports that he joined ICE, according to a Newsweek report Thursday.

Enrique Tarrio, who previously led the far-right, male-only militia group, told the outlet he was considering legal action after media outlets reported on an alleged database leak and published his name. He said he was not employed by ICE, although he said he would "love" to be a federal agent and could "do with the $50,000," referring to the bonus ICE agents are promised when they sign on.

"I've been getting a lot of f------ death threats because of this stupid troll, and it's not just a troll: The media—I'm using that term loosely—the media outlet NowThis actually went ahead and published like this, this campaign that says that I'm some sort of f------ ace agent without even asking me, without even contacting me for a comment," Tarrio said. ...

America is coming up on the three-year anniversary of the day former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol. The attack upended the orderly and peaceful transfer of presidential power to Joe Biden during Congress’ certification of the 2020 election and ultimately resulted in the loss of seven lives and dozens of injuries to law enforcement officers.

The FBI has arrested more than 1,200 people on federal charges related to the siege of the Capitol. The leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys — two far-right extremist groups — are already serving long prison sentences for seditious conspiracy, and hundreds of others have pleaded guilty or been convicted by juries on various charges.

Trump himself faces 18 charges related to the effort to overturn the election across two separate cases, one brought by a special counsel and the other by the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney. (Trump faces separate felony charges related to his allegedly mishandling classified documents and falsifying business records, and he’s also party to a civil fraud trial that could shut down his businesses.)...

This is the first part of a two-part Raw Story series exploring pro-Trump organizer Cindy Chafian's actions before, during and after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Read Part 2 here.

Two golf carts sped toward the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, lurching forward as space in the torrent of Trump supporters opened, then abruptly closed. Sirens wailed as Washington, D.C., police units responded to the chaotic scene.

The carts, driven by pro-Trump rally organizer Cindy Chafian and her husband, Scott, carried an assortment of passengers, including the wife of conspiracy trafficker Alex Jones and Nathan Hughes, an Arkansas man who’d later be charged with assaulting law enforcement, disorderly conduct and other offenses for actions he would allegedly take in the hours to come....