FILE PHOTO: Members of Proud Boys gather for a rally in Portland, Oregon, U.S. September 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When former special agent Tom O'Connor held a training session for new recruits this month at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Virginia headquarters, he turned to a key example to underscore the threat of domestic extremist attacks: the October 2018 mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The shooting, which killed 11 worshippers making it the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history, came a little more than a week before congressional elections.
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