WASHINGTON — A regional president of the right-wing Proud Boys group is pleading guilty to charges stemming from the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, splitting with the organization’s former chairman Enrique Tarrio and other members who are due to go on trial later this year.
Charles Donohoe, president of the “Western Chauvinist” group’s North Carolina chapter, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of the plea agreement, the Justice Department said in a court filing on Friday in Washington.
According to the filing, Donohoe will admit he conspired with other Proud Boys members to obstruct an official proceeding and assault or resist police officers last year as thousands of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol to stop Joe Biden’s victory from being certified by Congress.
