Recent court documents show the FBI had as many as eight – EIGHT – informants embedded with the “Proud Boys” group in the months leading up to the January 6 riot at the Capitol in 2021.
The bombshell revelation comes via the New York Times and raises several alarms, among them being just how the eight informants and their presence within the group, and the information they gleaned from working with the group, didn’t result in the FBI stopping the riot in the first place.
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It also raises the question with defense lawyers as to whether the group may have been, or to what degree they were, entrapped by the informants themselves.
The New York Times reports that court filings for defense lawyers representing five members of the Proud Boys currently on trial for seditious conspiracy have unveiled the number of informants.
“Some of the information the confidential sources had provided to the government was favorable to their efforts to defend their clients against sedition charges and was improperly withheld by prosecutors until several days ago,” the defense claimed.
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“Because all of the material remains under a highly restrictive protective order, it is not possible to know what the informants told the government about the Proud Boys’ role in the Capitol attack or how that information might affect the outcome of the trial,” the Times writes.
The FBI had as many as eight informants inside the Proud Boys in the months around the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, recent court papers indicate, raising questions about how much federal investigators were able to learn from them before and after it took place. https://t.co/vfMPExBNW3
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 14, 2022
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FBI Embedded Informants on January 6
News of the eight informants with the Proud Boys comes just days after revelations that the FBI had another well-placed informant within the Oath Keepers, another group that allegedly took part in the January 6 riot.
The New York Times revealed that the Oath Keepers informant is alleged to have “secretly reported to the FBI in the months leading up to the” Capitol incident.
With this many informants involved in the days before the riot, it’s hard to fathom why the FBI didn’t use their knowledge to prevent the riot from taking place at all.
“Questions about informants reporting to the government from inside extremist groups have been raised repeatedly throughout the Justice Department’s sprawling investigation of the Capitol attack,” the paper of record explains.
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“They have included concerns about why the informants were not able to give the government advanced warning about plans to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6 or seemingly to corroborate accusations after the fact that the groups conspired in plotting the attack.”
That is a charitable evaluation. Either they gave them information in advance and the FBI did nothing with it to stop the riot, or they are truly very bad informants.
A NYT reporter privately admitted there were a “ton of FBI informants” present at the Capitol on January 6. pic.twitter.com/oaFONsdhSN
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) March 10, 2022
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FBI Has Some Explaining to Do
Matthew Rosenberg, a national security reporter with the New York Times, said in a video shown by Fox News personality Tucker Carlson back in March that the FBI had “a ton of FBI informants amongst the people who attacked the Capitol.”
“You have to wonder if you’re a national security reporter at the New York Times, and you find out there were a ton of FBI people in the crowd, doesn’t that kind of demand a follow-up?” Carlson wondered.
“Don’t you have a moral obligation to find out like: What the hell is that? Who are these people? Why haven’t they been arrested? What was the federal government’s role in this, quote, ‘insurrection’?” he continued.
So if the #2 in the Proud Boys was working with the FBI, and the lead militia guy in the Whitmer kidnaping plot was working with the FBI (along with numerous agents & informants in the group) one legitimate question is: How much was the FBI driving vs. investigating the plots?
— Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️♂️💼🥋 (@SharylAttkisson) November 15, 2022
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There is no indication that FBI informants took part in the rioting activity itself on January 6th, but questions really need to be posed as to what their role was and, if there were informants embedded with groups that did actually take part in the riot, how the bureau failed, as they often do, to stop what took place that day.
“Former FBI officials say there might have been gaps in what bureau intelligence analysts had told agents to ask their informants,” the Times stated in defense of the latest revelations.
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“Analysts at the bureau are supposed to help agents connect the intelligence dots to provide a clearer picture of threat activity,” they added.
From 7/21/21: ‘Wouldn’t it be surprising if the FBI had *not* infiltrated the Three Percenters, the Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys, and others?’ From NYT today: ‘The FBI had as many as eight informants inside the Proud Boys…’ https://t.co/rs5MkC22M9
— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 15, 2022
At the beginning of this year, FBI Executive Assistant Director of National Security Jill Sanborn repeatedly dodged questioning from Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) about whether or not agents from the bureau or confidential informants had participated in the January 6 riot.
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Under questioning by Cruz as to the role of agents or informants in the riot, Sanborn repeatedly responded, “I can’t answer that.”
.@SenTedCruz: “Did any FBI agents or confidential informants actively participate in the events of January 6th? Yes or no?”
FBI’s Jill Sanborn: “I can’t answer that.” pic.twitter.com/Z5Sj1tSyNx
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 11, 2022
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“How many FBI agents or confidential informants actively participated in the events of January 6th?” Cruz asked.
“Sir, I’m sure you can appreciate that I can’t go into the specifics of sources and methods –” Sanborn began before Cruz rephrased the question.
“I can’t answer that,” Sanborn replied.
We now know there were at least eight of them within the Proud Boys and at least one with the Oath Keepers.
“Did any FBI agents or confidential informants commit crimes of violence on January 6?” Cruz continued to press.
“I can’t answer that,” Sanborn again responded.
Perhaps it is time for Congress to get some top-ranking officials with the FBI to testify again and actually answer those same questions.
“No evidence has surfaced suggesting that the FBI played any role in the attack,” the Times insists.
But there does seem to be plenty of evidence suggesting they had information that could have prevented it. Maybe the ‘9/11-style’ January 6 committee investigation can look into why the FBI provided a matador defense in seemingly allowing the attack to move forward.
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I can’t speak for Proud Boys but I can speak for Oath Keepers. They are not an extremist group, they never engaged in nor discussed violent acts to over turn the government. In fact, they worked hard to avoid violence. I’m tired of media referring to them as “extremists” , if working within constitutional and lawful boundaries to put the federal government back in it’s tiny little constitutional box is considered extreme then millions of us are extremists.
Let me help you with our little quandry. The FBI created the Proud Boys in the first place and have been in control of it ever since. They orchestrated the whole thing to turn public sentiment against conservatives, whites, men, Christians, and nationalists. You’re all being maniupulate all the time. Wake up sheeple.
Everyone who was in front of the Capitol Building January 6 saw what was happening as provocateurs tried to engage them in committing violence by “tussling” with the DC cops that were there. Many even called out “fed” as this went on. When this enticement did not work, the cops resorted to attacking the crowd with flash grenades, tear gas, concussion grenades, causing a massive stampede away from the explosions AND the cops who attacked the crowd waving sticks. It was not an “insurrection” or a “riot” as far as the Trump rally goers goes. It was a police/provocateur riot. When the peaceful crowd basically didn’t do anything to that point that would be considered criminal, the DC cops waved them into the Capitol Building, removing barricades. This is all well known. Once the peaceful crowd was inside, all the media had to do was show the world (the moronic world) all the “damage” that these Trump rally goers did, when in fact it was the provocateurs who did ALL of it (broken glass, breaching the building, “killing” a cop with a fire extinguisher, etc.) and the putrid “trophy” photos staged inside Congressional offices by the provocateurs for the media to show just how out-of-control Trump’s people are! Sure, there were FBI plants, as well as Antifa, BLM, DC Cops- ALL Trump’s sworn enemies. And the witch-hunt committee still thinks they can fool the public with this obvious smear false flag job? Unfortunately, there are enough clueless and accepting people out there to make January 6 STILL an effective weapon against the Democrats enemies!
Knew it was an inside job. At some point you have to ask yourself “When was the last time my government that I pay for told me the truth?”
Corrupt scumbag criminal FBLIE are modern day CHEKISTs and should be executed accordingly. Kudos to the father of two in Florida who shot five FBLIE thugs killing two of the bastards. Hint he used a RING camera to see the slime coming. Corrupt criminal scumbag head, prissy Chrissy Wray should be doxed and set on FIRE for US all to enjoy
The FBI INSTIGATED capitol riot, this was designed from the beginning as a trap for Trump, the protesters were let in by the guards ant this is why Pelosi refused troops from Trump! THIS WAS A SET UP BY THE COMMUNIST DEMOCRATS AND THEIR FBI STOOGES!
Sounds like another ” Failed Kidnapping ” operation. Of course the FBI was instrumental in the JAN 6th riot, along with other branches of our Government. This also goes to answer the question as to why Pelosi and the Capital police refused the help of the National Guard, they wanted it out of control, they wanted the various government agencies to rile up and cause they Protestors to enter the Capital. It also brings back the question that no one wants to answer ” Who Opened the magnetically seals doors. Why the 6 men in hooded black outfits were allowed to break the windows!, Without being stopped, identified or arrested, while a unarmed citizen was shot dead for crawling through those windows ( While protestors were already inside the building at that point! ) I’ll bet the Jan 6th Committee never even bothers to investigate any of the reasons why these Agencies has people within the crowds in the first place, as well as their actions.
If the FBI failed to act on the derived informant information and stop the 1/6 riot, that is indeed cause for concern and dismal of top management. Furthermore, the suspicion of not only complacency but complicacy need to be investigated and answered as well.
They are the FBLie after all. What has happened with all of Jeffrey Epstein’s pedophiles? How many has the FBLie arrested? None, that tells everyone that the FBLie is not interested in actual crimes, not even crimes against children.