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After Philly Gun Arrest During 2020 Election, Joshua Macias Convened with Proud Boys Leaders on Jan. 6 Insurrection

Andy Feliciotti
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Two years ago, during the 2020 election count, two men packed guns into a Hummer and drove from Virginia to Philadelphia, allegedly to disrupt the vote count happening inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. They were arrested on weapons charges.

New evidence released last week show one of them, Joshua Macias, may have been part of the inner circle that organized the Jan. 6 insurrection of the U.S. Capitol. WHYY's Peter Crimmins reports.

(Original air-date: 6/21/22)

WHYY’s arts and culture reporter Peter Crimmins first became interested in radio in the fourth grade, when he smuggled a contraband crystal-diode radio into the Boy Scout summer camp. Subsequent radio projects were more successful.