The threat to the event came from an online poster with the moniker “Enrique T” — similar to the name of the ex-leader of the notorious Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio — and

A Republican-led conference opposing Donald Trump was forced to evacuate Sunday due to a bomb threat at the Washington, D.C., hotel hosting the event. Attendees at the Principles First Summit were forced out of the JW Marriott hotel after receiving the threat from someone claiming to be former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.

A gathering of anti-Trump conservatives in Washington, D.C. was temporarily evacuated on Sunday after organizers said they received a “credible bomb threat” from an account bearing the name of a former leader of the far-right neofascist group Proud Boys.

The Principles First summit in DC — dubbed by some as the “Anti-Trump CPAC” — was interrupted by a bomb threat Sunday. The threat to the event came from an online poster with the moniker “Enrique T” — similar to the name of the ex-leader of the notorious Proud Boys,

Police say the threat was emailed just before 1p.m. Sunday, while the Principles First conference was going on inside.

A gathering of anti-Trump conservatives in Washington DC was evacuated on Sunday after receiving what officials with the organization called a “credible bomb threat” they said was sent in by an account claiming to represent Enrique Tarrio,