Army veteran born and raised in Charlotte, N.C., has in recent years featured prominently at flashpoints for the far-right, in support of now-former President Donald Trump and opposition to anti-fascist groups and the Black Lives Matter movement.
6 riot, which disrupted the process of Congress certifying now-President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, typically a formality.īiggs, who has described himself as a U.S. In court records documenting the basis for their arrests, federal agents have described the Proud Boys figures as instigators ahead of the Jan. Capitol riot.īiggs - who federal agents said was recorded calling the riot “awesome” as he stormed the Capitol with a mob of pro-Trump extremists - had in the days before his arrest downplayed his role, telling a British tabloid that he only entered the federal building to use the bathroom.īut Biggs, a former reporter for the conspiracy theorist website InfoWars, has long been a front-and-center figure among the Proud Boys, having described himself in interviews as a close friend of the group’s chairman, Enrique Tarrio, if not officially a leader in the organization. The arrest of unincorporated Ormond Beach resident Joseph Biggs, who the FBI described as an organizer for the far-right nationalist group the Proud Boys, attracted national headlines Wednesday, as he became among the most high-profile fringe figures to face charges in the U.S.
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