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Proud Boys Leader Secretly Cooperated With F.B.I. and Police


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2021 Jan 27, 7:41pm   238 views  5 comments

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Enrique Tarrio, the chairman of the Proud Boys, a far-right nationalist group that is a major target of the sprawling investigation into the riot at the Capitol this month, has a history of cooperating with law enforcement, according to court records and a former prosecutor.

The stunning revelation that Mr. Tarrio, who leads one of the country’s most notorious extremist groups, helped the F.B.I. and local police departments go after more than a dozen criminal defendants about a decade ago was first reported by Reuters on Wednesday.

The news emerged as Mr. Tarrio himself has fallen under scrutiny for his role in encouraging the Proud Boys to attend a “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington on Jan. 6, after which a mob of hundreds broke into the Capitol, disrupting the final certification of the presidential election.

“Mr. Tarrio was a cooperator — like many who seek to provide information and try to obtain substantial assistance,” the former prosecutor, Vanessa S. Johannes, wrote in an email.



https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/nyregion/proud-boys-informant-enrique-tarrio.html

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1   Patrick   2021 Jan 27, 8:25pm  

Proud BOYS sounds like pedophiles.

Anything with BOYS sounds like pedophiles.
2   HeadSet   2021 Jan 27, 8:35pm  

"far right" "notorious extremist group" "mob of hundreds busting into the capital"

Not a serious piece of journalism.

Also "helped the F.B.I. and local police departments go after more than a dozen criminal defendants about a decade ago " tries to plant the idea that he is a 5th column spy. Those criminals from a decade ago likely committed real crimes that have nothing to do with any Proud Boy activities today.
3   Eric Holder   2021 Jan 27, 8:42pm  

So the whole "insurrection" is just a FBI fake because they pretty much control the leaders.
4   Bd6r   2021 Jan 27, 9:21pm  

or three-letter agencies are trying to ruin his reputation. can't have an AFRO-CUBAN Trump supporter
5   porkchopXpress   2021 Jan 27, 9:58pm  

Rb6d says
or three-letter agencies are trying to ruin his reputation. can't have an AFRO-CUBAN Trump supporter
This was my thought exactly

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