![]() The organization is headquartered in New York City. Gavin McInnes, a co-founder of Vice Media, established the Proud Boys in 2016. Leaders of the Proud Boys have further encouraged members getting arrested or committing a violent act in support of the group. Some members espouse white supremacist and antisemitic ideologies and/or engage with white supremacist groups”. Members have been involved with various crimes, such as assault and weapons charges, 1 and are “…misogynistic, Islamophobic, transphobic and anti-immigration. The Proud Boys, one of the three main groups involved in the January 6th Capitol insurrection, can be broadly conceived as a right-wing group with a violent agenda. Below we examine the groups’ financial activities to understand how they have the capabilities to engage in violence. Their violent targeting of right-wing counter-protestors, along with their involvement in the insurrection, forms the foundation of the justification for listing them as a terrorist entity. ![]() ![]() Presently, the group is only listed as a terrorist entity in Canada and New Zealand. This statement, presented in the form a research report, investigated the financing profiles of the three main groups involved in the January 6th Insurrection: the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and the Three Percenters.ĭrawing from the research used for the Committee statement, the following group financial profile provides an overview of the Proud Boys. Earlier this month, we were honoured to be invited by the United States House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol to submit a written statement on the issue of right-wing extremist financing. ![]()
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