WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Nick Quested, a documentary filmmaker who was embedded with the Proud Boys, a far-right militia group, testifies during a hearing by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 09, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, which has been gathering evidence related to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol for almost a year, will present its findings in a series of televised hearings. On January 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol Building during an attempt to disrupt a congressional vote to confirm the electoral college win for Joe Biden. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
  • British documentarian Nick Quested, who was in the process of filming a documentary about the Proud Boys ahead of the January 6 riot, testified recently at the Proud Boys’ trial.
  • Members of the Proud Boys are accused of partaking and plotting in advance to stop the certification of the 2020 election.
  • Quested testified that the Proud Boys weren’t looking for violence that day. “There was violence that day, but it was sporadic,” he said. He also said that he was “not aware of any plan (the Proud Boys) might have had” to storm the Capitol. 
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