Proud Boys leader from N.C. pleads not guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charges. Detention hearing

Proud Boys leader from N.C. pleads not guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charges. Detention hearing scheduled.


Charles Joseph Donohoe, a Kernersville resident and Proud Boys leader who is facing charges in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, will have a hearing Monday to determine if he should remain in federal custody.

He appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. for a hearing in which he was officially notified of the charges he is facing. Those charges include conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, destruction of government property and disorderly conduct in a restricted building or grounds.

Donohoe, 33, was charged along with three other men — Ethan Nordean, 30, of Auburn, Wash.; Joseph Biggs, 37, of Ormond, Fla.; and Zachary Rehl, 35, of Philadelphia. Donohoe is the president of the Piedmont chapter of the Proud Boys.

A hearing was also held Tuesday on motions that federal prosecutors filed asking a judge to revoke pre-trial release for Nordean and Biggs. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly did not make a decision and took the matter under advisement. Kelly also presided over Donohoe’s hearing on Tuesday. Federal prosecutors are also seeking to revoke pre-trial release for Rehl, but that motion has not been heard.

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