DOJ Demands To Know How ‘Broke’ Proud Boy Member Got Over $900,000 To Pay His Bond

A member of the Proud Boys who was arrested following the January 6th Capitol Riot has suddenly offered more than $900,000 as a bond to secure his release from jail. The Department of Justice wants to know where this money came from, as the defendant had claimed just a few months ago that he was struggling to make ends meet. This isn't all that surprising, considering the fact that conservatives have been donating money to all sorts of questionable individuals in recent years, but answers are still needed. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.

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A member of the proud boys by the name of Ethan Nordean was arrested for his participation in the January 6th Capitol riots. Month or two after his arrest, I believe this was in March, he made the claim according to reports, to family and friends, that he was essentially broke, that he was having trouble making ends meat. He didn't have any money. And so that claim is causing the department of justice to be a little concerned about where Mr. Nordean suddenly came up with more than $900,000 to offer as bond and to not have to go to jail. Hmm. He went from broke a couple months ago to suddenly he's got $900,000 that he is offering the court as bond payment. Where'd the money come from?

And that's not me asking that question, by the way, that is the US department of justice is seriously concerned and wondering, and wants answers from the court about where the hell this money came from. Now, here's the thing, we know where the money came from. We don't know necessarily, I guess, which apparatus through which it was raised, how it was given to Mr. Nordean. But we have seen Republicans for the last year, at least, willing to give money to bail out or fund legal defense funds for some of the worst Republicans we've seen or from some of the worst people, I guess, who, you know, Republicans seem to idolize. People like Kyle Rittenhouse. So Nordean being a member of the proud boys, I don't think it's that far fetched to think that they probably reached out to people.

They've got tons of supporters, believe it or not. So they likely just raised the money, gave it to him as part of some kind of legal defense fund and said, here you go, here is nearly a million dollars so that you can get out of jail. But it is what it is at this point, right? We do need to know where this money came from. But at the same time, there's no indication whatsoever that Mr. Nordean broke any laws in raising this money or accepting this money. So the DOJ is not even necessarily looking at this as a criminal matter. They're just saying, hold up, wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait, this guy was broke, told friends and family he didn't have any money and now suddenly he's offering up almost a million dollars to get out of jail here, something, something's screwy here.

We need to know what's going on. And yes, there should be more transparency in this. However, I have to caution against saying things like this shouldn't happen. Whether we agree with the individual or not and I can tell you right now, I don't agree with anything the proud boys have to offer and I sure as hell, do not support or condone any of the actions that took place on January 6th. I hope each and every one of them gets prosecuted to the fullest extent. However, if we try to clamp down on it in one area, like if we try to say no, no, no, you can't raise money for the legal defense fund for these individuals that's a slippery slope. That's going to lead to saying we can't do this for any other individuals. We can't do it for protesters. We can't do it for people wrongfully accused. We can't do it for anybody.

So all signs point to this being legal. We may not know where it came from, but unless somebody robbed a bank and handed him nearly a million dollars, it's safe to assume this money was probably just raised from supporters.