Proud Boys and Oath Keepers: what is their future with top leaders jailed?

Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio were convicted - but experts worry what role the groups may or not play in the future path of violent extremism

The recent convictions of the Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has raised questions about the future of both extremist groups and what role they may or not play in the future path of violent extremism in the US.

Researchers who monitor American far-right organizations said the Oath Keepers have in effect been decimated, with only a handful of chapters remaining, while the Proud Boys are ramping up efforts to protest at LGBTQ events and taking cues from larger national conservative conversations about hostility to transgender rights.