From New York Times, I'm Michael Labaro. This is Adali.

After a nearly year-long investigation, the Congressional Committee examining the January

6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will begin holding televised hearings this evening.

One focus of those hearings is expected to be the proud boys, a right-wing group that

was just indicted on federal charges of trying to overthrow the government for its role in

the attack.

Today

my colleague Alan Feuer on the proud boys path to January 6th.

It's Thursday, June 9th.

So Alan, what is the story of the proud boys? Where did this group come from?

The proud boys was founded in 2016 by a guy named Gavin McInnes.

McInnes, who is a Canadian by birth, ended up moving to New York City where he helped

co-found a company called Vice. If you recall, back in the day when Vice started, it was a kind

of sex drugs in rock and roll magazine that sort of reveled in being adventurous and

highly offensive.

McInnes came out of that edgy hipster Brooklyn culture.

Got it.

So he ends up leaving Vice under bad circumstances with his co-founders.

And if you ask McInnes how the proud boys came into being, he will tell you that when

he left Vice.

Hello everyone, my name is Gavin McInnes. Welcome to the Gavin McInnes show.

He started a podcasty kind of thing called the Gavin McInnes show.

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