Posted on 09/25/2021 8:58:19 AM PDT by Theoria
A member of the far-right Proud Boys texted his F.B.I. handler during the assault, but maintained the group had no plan in advance to enter the Capitol and disrupt the election certification.
As scores of Proud Boys made their way, chanting and shouting, toward the Capitol on Jan. 6, one member of the far-right group was busy texting a real-time account of the march.
The recipient was his F.B.I. handler.
In the middle of an unfolding melee that shook a pillar of American democracy — the peaceful transfer of power — the bureau had an informant in the crowd, providing an inside glimpse of the action, according to confidential records obtained by The New York Times. In the informant’s version of events, the Proud Boys, famous for their street fights, were largely following a pro-Trump mob consumed by a herd mentality rather than carrying out any type of preplanned attack.
After meeting his fellow Proud Boys at the Washington Monument that morning, the informant described his path to the Capitol grounds where he saw barriers knocked down and Trump supporters streaming into the building, the records show. At one point, his handler appeared not to grasp that the building had been breached, the records show, and asked the informant to keep him in the loop — especially if there was any violence.
The use of informants always presents law enforcement officials with difficult judgments about the credibility and completeness of the information they provide.
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Only one FBI instigator, Slimes?
Seriously?
It looks more and more like the Nazi attack on the Gleiwitz Radio Station.
Is it one of the agents assigned to read our posts and harass FR?
If so: Why don’t you turn patriotic like the Efrem Zimbalist TV FBI days and try to help America instead of destroy her for the sake of the Marxist Dems and BLM?
Not too late to reform. We and God would forgive you if you repent.
New narrative has been declared.
“In the middle of an unfolding melee that shook a pillar of American democracy — the peaceful transfer of power”
The peaceful transfer of power was shaken by the massive election fraud. THAT was what attacked a pillar of American “democracy”.
Is this the protest where stores were burned and looted?
Shocked face ping!
Yet, when that pillar of Democracy, the peaceful transfer of power occurred in 2016 it was anything but peaceful. In fact, there was a lot of violence and destruction of property. Yet none of those arrested were ever charged, let alone held for more than a few hours at most.
“In the middle of an unfolding melee that shook a pillar of American democracy — the peaceful transfer of power —”
Oh puuleeze..... where’s the BARF ALERT?
Insanity rules the day with this bunch. Never-mind shaking the pillar of democracy (Republic actually) by massive voter fraud, lies, and assorted other BS. I do not want to be anywhere near this bunch when Judgement Day arrives.
Curiously, the informant has no fingernails on his left hand. The reason for this strange medical condition is unknown.
The proud boys have fbi handlers?
/eyeroll
[[“In the middle of an unfolding melee that shook a pillar of American democracy]]
WW2 patriots are rolling over in their Graves at the complete idiocy and cowardice that has become of some in our nation.
People waving flags while being escorted o. A guided tour of the Capitol building and a few (likely an5ifa plants) breaking some windows = worst act of terror on American soil ever, according to the left
Blm and a Tifa Bruning city b.ocks to the ground, burning federal buildings with people inside them, destroying people’s property to the tune of billions in damages, assaulting people, even murdering people, and the left call it a ‘summer of love’
The freakin lies and blatant distortions by the left is unreal! They coddle actual domestic terrorists like antifa, blm, and terrorists fro foreign nations like the taliban, and other factions pouring across our border, unrestrained,
but then turn around and declare elderly flag waving patriots trying to have their voices heard in the people’s building, the Capitol bui,building, AFTER BEING INVITED IN, and doing nothing more serious than yelling for the majority of them, and at worst, breaking some windows, domestic terrorists and insurrectionists?
Gee, is he still in jail too?
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