Chuck Darwin<p>Freed Jan. 6 Convicts Are Back on the Street and Ready to Help Trump</p><p>💥Some in law enforcement fear a surge in violence by far-right groups; </p><p>💥Proud Boys leader jokes he could serve in the cabinet as ‘Secretary of Retaliation’</p><p>🔥When Trump was asked at a press event if there was a place for these groups in politics, he said, <br>“Well, we have to see. They’ve been given a pardon. I thought their sentences were ridiculous and excessive.”</p><p>Some of the groups seem eager to demonstrate their loyalty to the president by directly participating in his initiatives, <br>including his promised mass deportations.</p><p>♦️“1/20/25: Trump is sworn in as President,” a recent Telegram post by an Ohio Proud Boys group said.<br>♦️ “1/21/25: Me and the Proud Boys begin the deportations.” </p><p>In an interview Thursday, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rhodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rhodes</span></a> said he would love to work for the Department of Government Efficiency, <br>the Elon <a href="https://c.im/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>-led effort to cut public spending; <br>or with Tulsi <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gabbard</span></a> and Kash Patel, Trump’s nominees for national intelligence director and head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, respectively. </p><p>Rhodes said he wants to push the federal government to declassify documents to take down the “deep state,” <br>reform prisons and get “accountability and justice” for those convicted over their Jan. 6 involvement. </p><p>Both <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tarrio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrio</span></a> and Rhodes said they spent time in solitary confinement and were shipped from one prison to another.</p><p>Other sympathizers are surfacing with more ominous messages. </p><p>On right-wing online forums that served as a staging ground for Jan. 6, dozens of posts call for the “traitors” involved in prosecuting the Capitol rioters to be brought to justice. </p><p>💥“Execute them,” wrote one anonymous user.<br>Some former law-enforcement officials worry about the potential for renewed violence. </p><p>👉Trump’s executive orders have been “putting labels on the enemy,” said Daryl Johnson, a former senior analyst at the Department of Homeland Security who focused on right-wing extremist groups. </p><p>“With these orders targeting immigrants, LGBTQ, and other communities, these people could unleash their anger or violence against people they feel Trump is calling out.”</p><p>In Springfield, Ohio, <br>a city that was thrust into the spotlight after Trump falsely accused Haitian migrants of eating pets, <br>the Haitian Community Help and Support Center received a call this week threatening <br>💥“You Haitians get ready. I will come for you.” </p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/jan-6-pardons-proud-boys-oath-keepers-1658963d?st=cvMvBK&reflink=article_copyURL_share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/politics/national-secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/jan-6-pardons-proud-boys-oath-keepers-1658963d?st=cvMvBK&reflink=article_copyURL_share</span></a></p>