The FBI considers the neo-fascist gang the Proud Boys to be an extremist group, new documents from a Washington state sheriffs office reveal.

A 2018 internal affairs report from the Clark County Sheriffs Office in Vancouver, Washington, states that the FBI categorizes the Proud Boys as an extremist group with ties to White Nationalism.

The internal affairs report which outlines an investigation into a sheriffs deputys membership in the Proud Boys states that the Proud Boys were publically [sic] categorized as an extremist group by the FBI in 2018

The FBI has never publicly described the Proud Boys as extremist, but the internal affairs documents show the federal agency is willing to do so when instructing local law enforcement.

The Proud Boys, a self-described fraternity of western chauvinists, is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The group has been implicated in acts of political violence across the country in the last two years, but has nevertheless been embraced by certain factions of the Republican party.