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This is Fresh Air.

I'm Terry Gross.

Extremism and political violence is the beat my guest Alan Foyer covers for the New York Times.

He has been reporting on the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election,

as well as doing some reporting on the House Select Committee's January 6th investigation.

Over the past few years, Foyer has done extensive reporting on the Proud Boys,

the far right group that took the lead in confronting police, crossing police lines,

and breaching the Capitol on January 6th.

He contributed to a remarkable New York Times video showing how they led the charge.

The video is based on court documents, text messages, a video recording of a Proud Boys meeting to prepare for the 6th,

and videos recorded on the 6th from many sources, in which the Times was able to locate exactly where and when Proud Boys were during the attack.

Five members of the group have been charged with seditious conspiracy.

On Tuesday, after the House Select Committee heard testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson,

who was an aide to Trump's final chief of staff, Mark Meadows,

Foyer wrote about how this could lead the former president closer to federal criminal charges.

We recorded our interview yesterday.

Alan Foyer, welcome to Fresh Air.

Busy time for you, huh?

Indeed it is. Thanks for having me, Terry.

My pleasure. One of the things you fled when you were riding live about the Hutchinson testimony for the New York Times

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