Proud Boys defendants testify in Jan. 6 trial.

Defense witnesses for the Proud Boys in their sedition trial have been made to appear evasive and unreliable under government cross-examination, potentially undermining their attempts to sway jurors from prosecutors’ theory of the case. The government has used a mountain of unflattering evidence to take fresh shots at the group’s leaders after two co-defendants took the risky step to testify, reinforcing the government’s contention that the men engaged in a seditious conspiracy to violently thwart the 2020 presidential election results.