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prakapovich) wrote2021-01-28 01:24 pm
prakapovich) wrote2021-01-28 01:24 pm
The leader of the Proud Boys is an FBI agent
The leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group involved in the Capitol riot, went undercover to assist Miami police and cooperated with the FBI in multiple drug and illegal gambling investigations, a court transcript shows.
"From day one, he was the one who wanted to talk to law enforcement, wanted to clear his name, wanted to straighten this out so that he could move on with his life," a prosecutor told the judge at a hearing after Tarrio pleaded guilty.
In arguing for a reduced sentence, the prosecutor said Tarrio had helped federal law enforcement agencies prosecute 13 other people in two separate indictments.
"He has in fact cooperated in a significant way," the prosecutor said at the 2014 hearing.
Messages left at the listed numbers for Tarrio, who was arrested in Washington, D.C., two days before the storming of the Capitol, were not returned. In an interview with Reuters, which first reported his role as a law enforcement cooperator, Tarrio denied working with the police.
"I don't know any of this," he said when asked about the transcript. "I don't recall any of this."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/proud-boys-leader-went-undercover-help-fbi-after-2013-arrest-n1255878
"From day one, he was the one who wanted to talk to law enforcement, wanted to clear his name, wanted to straighten this out so that he could move on with his life," a prosecutor told the judge at a hearing after Tarrio pleaded guilty.
In arguing for a reduced sentence, the prosecutor said Tarrio had helped federal law enforcement agencies prosecute 13 other people in two separate indictments.
"He has in fact cooperated in a significant way," the prosecutor said at the 2014 hearing.
Messages left at the listed numbers for Tarrio, who was arrested in Washington, D.C., two days before the storming of the Capitol, were not returned. In an interview with Reuters, which first reported his role as a law enforcement cooperator, Tarrio denied working with the police.
"I don't know any of this," he said when asked about the transcript. "I don't recall any of this."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/proud-boys-leader-went-undercover-help-fbi-after-2013-arrest-n1255878