These were not chat rooms that were hard to find. KELLY: And I was looking through, and some of these messages that you're citing, these were on Facebook and other public spaces. Every single entity that studies hate groups was calling the government and urging the government to protect itself. The chatter on the internet was off the hook. To the contrary - the red flags and the red sirens were screaming. Let me say something, Mary Louise, because we've heard information out there about the government not being aware of this particular action coming and that somehow, some way there was a lapse in a surprise attack. The strongest evidence we have, as you indicated in describing the complaint, is replete in the communications between the two groups, the communications between the members of each independent group and, of course, the follow-on action that was consistent with the communication in the plan. KELLY: So your suit alleges that members of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers coordinated a plan for violent action, that the groups were, quote, "conspiring to terrorize the district." May I ask, what's the strongest evidence you have that, A, they did this and, B, they were working together? RACINE: Thank you very much, Mary Louise. Attorney General Racine, a Democrat, is here with us now to discuss. And it marks the first effort by a government agency to hold someone civilly responsible to seek damages for the insurrection. KELLY: The case reads like a play-by-play of text messages and social media posts reconstructing the group members' actions leading up to January 6. KARL RACINE: While some desperately want to rewrite history and sweep the events of January 6 under the rug, the District of Columbia and its residents have chosen to speak truth through this filing, through this complaint, through this case. Attorney General Karl Racine announced the lawsuit earlier today.
The District of Columbia filed suit today against two far-right extremist groups for their role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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