Seems to me....the FBI, CIA, DNC, DEA, set up traps and stuff all the time.
Different kind of trap. The closest I’ve heard was an LAPD program going after dangerous violent criminals tracking them until they actually committed a crime then pouncing. Lots of the peeps somehow died. At least that’s how the LA Times reported it a few years ago. It caused a big s think and I think the LAPD had to stop and disband the group