Shock, Surprise: One of the Proud Boys at the "Capitol Insurrection" Was a (You'll Never, Ever Guess!) FBI Informant

At Twitchy.

Well, this is interesting. According to a new report in the New York Times, one of the Proud Boys who marched on the Capitol on January 6 was an FBI informant who was texting real-time updates to his handler.

"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," the article reads, which is in line with what we've heard from the FBI. The Times reports further:

The use of informants always presents law enforcement officials with difficult judgments about the credibility and completeness of the information they provide. In this case, the records obtained by The Times do not directly address whether the informant was in a good position to know about plans developed for Jan. 6 by the leadership of the Proud Boys, why he was cooperating, whether he could have missed indications of a plot or whether he could have deliberately misled the government.

But the records, and information from two people familiar with the matter, suggest that federal law enforcement had a far greater visibility into the assault on the Capitol, even as it was taking place, than was previously known.

Cernovich sarcastically worries about the "J5 Bomber" -- the guy who supposedly laid pipe bombs.

The suspicion, I think, is that this guy was yet another FBI informant/plant.

Tom Elliott is not convinced by the leftwing media's -- and pseudoright fake conservative media's -- insistence that the FBI could not possibly have had a hand in directing this "insurrection."

Tom Elliott
@tomselliott
They said Trump colluded w/ Russia & the FBI saved us.

Then we learned Hillary & the FBI colluded w/ Russia.

They told us the Steele Dossier was "corroborated"

Then we learned it was entirely debunked.

They said the surveillance state would never be used against Americans.

Then we learned it happens all the time.

They told us a snooty Catholic student tormented a Native American

Then we learned it was the other way around

They told us Michael Avenatti was a warrior for justice

Then we learned he's a serial felon who exploits vulnerable clients

They told us Brett Kavanaugh was a serial rapist

Then we learned they were sitting on proof he wasn't

They told us they despise acts of abuse against women

Then they defended Biden's pattern of sexual harassment

They told us Trump's call w/ Ukraine's president was impeachable

Then they made excuses for Biden getting caught doing the same

They said BLM riots were righteous acts of social justice.

Then they said a smaller, less violent protest was literally terrorism.

They said right-wing extremists tried kidnapping Gov. Whitmer

Then we learned it was an FBI-led plot

They told us the USPS was conspiring to steal the election.

Then we learned it was all a conspiracy theory.

They said Hunter’s laptop was "Russian disinformation."

Then we learned it was absolutely real.

They told us the FBI were America's stalwart defenders of justice & rule of law

Then we learned they aided and abetted sex trafficking

They told us they needed two weeks to stop the spread.

Then, almost two years later, we're called selfish for wanting our lives back.

They told us they'd follow science wherever it leads.

Then they led campaigns to have science censored.

They said masks stop the spread.

Then we learned they do nothing.

They told us Gov. Cuomo's totalitarian approach to Covid was a model

Then we learned he was running death camps & covering up evidence

They said Fauci was America's Covid savior.

Then we learned he accidentally helped invent it.

They told us Covid never could have come from a Chinese biolab

Then we learned that's almost guaranteed to be what happened

They told us 50 percent vaccinated would mean no more surges

Then we saw surges amongst the highest vaccinated populations

They told us Trump fans brought zipties to kidnap lawmakers & killed a cop w/ a fire extinguisher

Then we learned they did none of these things

They told us the attack was planned on Parler

Then we learned it was actually Facebook

Now they say the FBI never would have been involved in the Jan. 6th riot

Well ... let's just see.

posted by Ace at 01:17 PM

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