A federal judge refused to dismiss an indictment charging four alleged leaders of the far-right Proud Boys with conspiring to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying

President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on Tuesday rejected defense attorneys’ arguments that the four men — Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and

Charles Donohoe — are charged with conduct that is protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Kelly said the defendants had many nonviolent ways to express their opinions about

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