DOJ claims Proud Boys saw themselves as "Trump's army" and were "thirsting for violence" in Jan. 6 trial.

Closing arguments in the trial of five members of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, have begun. Prosecutors argue that the group saw themselves as "Donald Trump's army" and were "thirsting for violence and organizing for action" to keep Trump in power. The Proud Boys are charged with entering a seditious conspiracy against the US government, allegedly meant to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election votes that ultimately culminated in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. A guilty verdict could bolster the Justice Department's account that the Capitol attack served as a dire threat to American democracy.