Exclusive - Before Jan. 6, FBI collected information from at least 4 Proud Boys

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Exclusive-Before Jan. 6, FBI collected information from at least 4 Proud Boys

Exclusive-Before Jan. 6, FBI collected information from at least 4 Proud Boys
Among the far-right groups whose members are suspected of planning the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol are the Proud Boys. In March, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s director told the Senate...
reuters.com
8:11 AM · Apr 26, 2021

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-proudboys-fbi-exclusive/exclusive-before-jan-6-fbi-collected-information-from-at-least-4-proud-boys-idUSKBN2CD1WL

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Among the far-right groups whose members are suspected of planning the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol are the Proud Boys. In March, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s director told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he “absolutely” wished the agency had penetrated the group beforehand, or knew its plans.

“I do not consider what happened on January 6th to be an acceptable result,” Director Christopher Wray said. “We are focused very, very hard on how can we get better sources, better information, better analysis.”

The FBI had deeper insight into the group than Wray disclosed, however.

Bureau agents maintained connections with key Proud Boys leaders starting as early as 2019, a Reuters examination has found. At least four Proud Boys have provided information to the FBI, Reuters learned. Often these leaders were sharing intelligence about Antifa, a loose movement of left-wing activists opposed by former President Donald Trump and right-wing media.

The connections between the Proud Boys and the FBI do not mean the agency had thoroughly penetrated the far-right group. But some law enforcement veterans say the ties show the agency could have done more to prepare for the deadly Jan. 6 uprising, which sought to overturn the election of Democrat Joe Biden as president.

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[idziak4ever1234]

1. Accomplices to conspiracy

[RockRaven]

2. The FBI's head is so far up its own ass that they cultivated RWNJ sources *in order to take

the RWNJ fever dreams seriously*, while ignoring the actual danger posed by the very nutters they were talking to.

[Eugene]

3. The FBI has an abysmal track record with far-right informants

especially Klansmen.

[Fullduplexxx]

4. Too bad this will all disappear after 2022 elections