The Proud Boys: A brief history

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Caption: Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, stands during a protest on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. along with hundreds of protesters who refuse to accept that President-elect Joe Biden won the election. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

In the wake of last week's attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Proud Boys — a group founded by Canadian Gavin McInnes — has been under intense pressure. The FBI is arresting some of its members. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has called for the them to be designated a terrorist group, and the federal government is considering it. Today, how the Proud Boys started, and where they ended up, with Jared Holt — a visiting researcher at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab who studies domestic extremism.