Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes with an unidentified supporter wearing a pro-Trump baseball cap.

Two members of the proto-fascist, white nationalist, Trump-supporting group known as the Proud Boys were convicted of assault Monday in a Manhattan courtroom. The convictions stem from an Oct. 12 incident, in which members of the Proud Boys attacked purported members of the anti-fascist resistance group Antifa, who were protesting a speech that Proud Boy founder Gavin McInnes delivered to an audience of New York City Republicans.

John Kinsman, 39, and Maxwell Hare, 27, were convicted of multiple offenses, including attempted gang assault and attempted assault. During their trial, their lawyers contended that they had acted in self-defense, as they were allegedly made to fear for their safety by the people who were protesting a simple convening of like-minded individuals.

[Defense Attorney Jack] Goldberg attempted to cast the Proud Boys as simply an organization with traditional conservative values. “Is a tenet of the Proud Boys minimal government? Is a tenet of the Proud Boys maximum freedom? Is there anything wrong with those beliefs?” he said to the jury earlier in the trial.

The prosecution demolished this defense.