Locally, there are six cases against North Carolinians from the Triad, following last year's insurrection at Capitol.
More than seven hundred people have been charged following the "Stop the Steal" rally and riot on January 6, 2021.
Among the six people from the Triad, the alleged local leader of the Proud Boys Piedmont chapter, Charles Donohoe.
Donohoe is one of nearly a hundred being sued by the District of Columbia.
According to a Grand Jury indictment, Donohoe faces five federal charges:
- Conspiracy
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting
- Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
Federal prosecutors claim Donohoe and three others attended former President Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal Protest" in Washington, D.C., and then took part in planning and the execution of the siege of the nation's Capitol.
Prosecutors state he assisted the crowd's effort to advance up a flight of stairs toward the capitol and created an encrypted messaging channel where he wrote quote: "We stormed the capitol unarmed...and we took it over unarmed."
Donohoe has since been named in a civil lawsuit filed by the District of Columbia against Proud Boys International LLC.
The lawsuit names over 30 people named, along with nearly 50 other John and Jane Does.
The civil complaint argues leaders and members conspired to terrorize the district by planning, promoting, and participating in the attack on the Capitol.
Donohoe remains in federal jail.