Despite knowing his supporters were armed, Conald instructed the Secret Service to remove the magnetometers and allow them into the rally.
“I don’t f'ng care that they have weapons, they’re not here to hurt me. They’re not here to hurt me. Take the f'ng mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here, let the people in and take the mags away.”
He then encouraged them to march to the Capitol while his boys, who had previously been told to 'stand back and stand by,' were engaged with inciting the crowd to storm the Capitol.
Why didn't the Proud Boys, who were convicted of seditious conspiracy, peacefully and patriotically demonstrate at the Capitol?
There was nothing spontaneous about January 6: