Brendan J. Lyons is reporting for the Times Union a Trump supporter attending a rally outside the state Capitol Jan. 6, was stabbed multiple times and underwent emergency surgery to repair an eviscerated bowel at Albany Medical Center Hospital. The alleged assailant, 37-year-old Alexander S. Contompasis of Rensselaer, is accused of stabbing two people during a brawl in East Capitol Park between a group that gathered to support Trump and a smaller group of counter-protesters who showed up, several of them allegedly armed with weapons. Contompasis was arraigned Thursday morning in Albany City Court on charges that include first-degree assault, a high-level felony. Several other people were charged with minor offenses and given appearance tickets, including two counter-protesters that police said were armed with expandable batons. Contompasis' attorney said the victims in the stabbing identified themselves to police as members of the "Proud Boys" and that her client was defending himself from an attack. The FBI has labeled Proud Boys a right-wing extremist group. The group gathered at the Capitol in coordination with a major rally in Washington, D.C., and included about 35 Trump supporters, including at least three people the police identified as associated with Proud Boys. Contompasis has several posts on his Facebook page referencing "Antifa," including a photo with a caption referring to himself as an "Antifa protester from Albany" and another that says "Antifa forever." One of the pro-Trump supporters who was at the protest Jan. 6 was ticketed for harassment after he allegedly struck a woman in the face with a flagstick. The entire protest was monitored by undercover police who know Contompasis and other counter-protesters and witnessed them allegedly instigating the confrontation with the Trump supporters. Read the full story in the Times Union.