Posted on 04/26/2021 7:22:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Among the far-right groups whose members are suspected of planning the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol are the Proud Boys. In March, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s director told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he “absolutely” wished the agency had penetrated the group beforehand, or knew its plans.
“I do not consider what happened on January 6th to be an acceptable result,” Director Christopher Wray said. “We are focused very, very hard on how can we get better sources, better information, better analysis.”
The FBI had deeper insight into the group than Wray disclosed, however.
Bureau agents maintained connections with key Proud Boys leaders starting as early as 2019, a Reuters examination has found. At least four Proud Boys have provided information to the FBI, Reuters learned. Often these leaders were sharing intelligence about Antifa, a loose movement of left-wing activists opposed by former President Donald Trump and right-wing media.
The connections between the Proud Boys and the FBI do not mean the agency had thoroughly penetrated the far-right group. But some law enforcement veterans say the ties show the agency could have done more to prepare for the deadly Jan. 6 uprising, which sought to overturn the election of Democrat Joe Biden as president.
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No it didn’t - this is complete BS.
My guess is the Proud Boys had only a minor impact that day, and Wray (a pathological liar by the way,) is making them out to be the big buggaboo mysterious boogieman they need to put together all resources to fight.
F’ing Bullshit Information
“Critter” Wray, lying POS fibbie...
Let’s see FBI.. You go after the group that are Proud Americans and leave the group ANTIFA alone that wants to topple America! That makes sense!!
Remember, Wray testified Antifa is just an ideology but then he said White Nationalism is the biggest domestic threat to the United States.
Antifa and the FBI are on the same side.
“...deadly Jan. 6 uprising”? The one where a black “man” shot an unarmed white woman? THAT “deadly uprising”? Lord, I hate the press more and more each day.
FBI. American Stasi.
They are the government’s hit squad. Of that i have no doubt.
Gaslighters gonna gaslight. If this were an attack, they would have been carrying weapons instead of cell phones and American flags.
It makes perfect sense if the FBI also wants to topple America.
The FBI already knows all about Antifa, they are partners in crime.
RE: “...deadly Jan. 6 uprising”? The one where a black “man” shot an unarmed white woman?
Are we certain that the shooter is a black man? What is the source of this information?
>> he far-right group.
STFU, Aram Roston
Or he wasn’t charged because he was shooting blanks at her hips.
Hopefully the Proud Boys learned the valuable lesson that “no good deed goes unpunished” when you help the FBI.
School children should be taught about Richard Jewell.
Clint Eastwood helpfully made a movie about him so no scary books would have to be cracked.
The whole thing was a set-up.
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