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Judy L. Thomas

‘America needs a civil war.’ Document shows KC Proud Boys’ involvement in Capitol riot

A document released Tuesday as a Johnson County man pleaded guilty to his role in the Capitol riot reveals that he and other members of the Kansas City Proud Boys brought guns — including two AR-15 style rifles — body armor and breathing masks with them to the D.C. area.

The statement of offense was entered into the court docket after Ryan Keith Ashlock pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, a misdemeanor.

“Defendant was a first-degree member of the Proud Boys who lived in Gardner, Kansas,” the statement said.

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