Published 1 year ago

FBI Had Informants in Proud Boys, Court Papers Suggest

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The F.B.I. had as many as eight informants inside the far-right Proud Boys in the months surrounding the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the New York Times Reports. The existence of the informants came to light in a flurry of veiled court filings by defense lawyers for five members of the Proud Boys who are set to go on trial next month.

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The Independent

FBI reportedly had up to eight informants in the Proud Boys on Jan 6

Defence lawyer says new information questions ‘whether a Proud Boy conspiracy plan to obstruct the Biden-Harris vote certification or to commit sedition ever existed or could have existed’

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Daily Caller

FBI Director Refuses To Answer Whether Agency Had Sources ‘Dressed As Trump Supporters’ In J6 Riots

Christopher Wray did not directly answer whether FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters were inside the Capitol on January 6 before the doors were opened.

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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The Epoch Times

Wray Refuses to Answer Whether FBI Had Sources ‘Dressed as Trump Supporters’ on Jan. 6

The FBI's director on Nov. 15 declined to answer when he was asked whether the bureau had confidential ...

1 year ago·New York, United States

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Raw Story

FBI had informants inside Proud Boys in the months surrounding Jan 6: report

According to a new report from The New York Times, the FBI had at least eight informants inside the far-right group Proud Boys in the months leading up to and after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The revelations are causing some to wonder how much information the agency was able to obtain about t...

1 year ago·United States

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Business Insider

FBI may have had up to 8 informants in Proud Boys around the time of the January 6 riot, The New York Times reported

Defense lawyers for five Proud Boys members asked the court to dismiss the case based on information recently produced by the government.

1 year ago·United States

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Political Wire

FBI Had Informants in the Proud Boys

New York Times: “The FBI had as many as eight informants inside the far-right Proud Boys in the months surrounding the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, recent court papers indicate, raising questions about how much federal investigators were able to learn from them about the violent mob at

1 year ago·New York, United States

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