A Proud Boy leader and three other members of the far-right group could face decades in prison for plotting the January 6th insurrection in 2021.

But will these convictions make much of an impact on the rise of homegrown extremism in the US?

For a closer look at this, KCBS Radio's Nikki Medoro spoke with Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Professor at American University and the head of the school's Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab.