Two January 6th Defendants and the Consolidation of Right-Wing Extremism | The New Yorker

Two January 6th Defendants and the Consolidation of Right-Wing Extremism

As Congress searches for accountability, Guy Reffitt and Jessica Watkins remain defiant.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/two-january-6th-defendants-and-the-consolidation-of-right-wing-extremism

In the seventeen months since the insurrection, Cohen said, a unit of some nine hundred analysts had picked up on a number of disturbing patterns. “Anti-government militia, hard-core white supremacists, and even people more from the anarchist movement have come together,” he said. Their goals are explicit: “assassination of elected officials, and violent activities to resist government activities, or programs.”