A federal jury is scheduled to hear a second day of closing arguments in the seditious conspiracy trial for former Proud Boys extremist group leaders charged with plotting to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election.
"These defendants saw themselves as Donald Trump’s army, fighting to keep their preferred leader in power no matter what the law or the courts had to say about it," prosecutor Conor Mulroe told jurors.
Attorneys for Norden and Rehl gave their closing arguments on Monday. Lawyers for Biggs and Pezzola also are expected to make their final appeals to jurors on Tuesday before prosecutors give a rebuttal and the case goes to the jury. Defense attorneys have tried to portray the far-right group as a drinking club that only engaged in violence for self-defense against antifascist activists.
"They can’t even order McDonald’s, and they’re planning to stop what the government is calling the peaceful transfer of power?" Smith asked. "Where is the conspiracy?"
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