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Exclusive: Before Jan. 6, FBI collected information from at least 4 Proud Boys: Group's Leaders were sharing intelligence about Antifa with the FBI
Reuters ^ | 04/26/2021 | Aram Roston

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antifa; christopherwray; fbi; fibbieliar; fibbieliars; fibbiesalwayslie; intelligence; notadeadlyuprising; proudboys
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To: SeekAndFind
So let's get this straight. Proud Boys have cooperating and gathering evidence for the FBI on Antifa.
Antifa is well noted for their violence in Berkeley, Charlottesville, Portland, Seattle Minneapolis, Kenosha etc.
Nowhere have the Proud Boys been involved in these viscious and violent insurrections.
Yet, the FBI has classified them as terrorist groups and excluded BLM and Antifa.
I don't get the logic of the FBI.
21 posted on 04/26/2021 10:55:43 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is pure propaganda.


22 posted on 04/26/2021 11:12:41 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is the last legally elected U.S. President.)
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To: coloradan

It makes perfect sense if the FBI also wants to topple America.

Exactly when did this come about? I watched a Movie the other nite with Jimmie Stewart The FBI Story.. Back then they were not about that.. They were tracking down the Communist and getting them on Espionage!!!


23 posted on 04/27/2021 12:14:37 AM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: bray

Antifa and the FBI are on the same side.

Why is that? Is it just the leadership or the whole thing is corrupt?


24 posted on 04/27/2021 12:18:05 AM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: SeekAndFind

Anti-trump fanatic John Sullivan and 200+ fellow BLM/Antifa types set up the violence that day.

John Sullivan and at least one confederate curated the scene and then filmed the execution of Ashli Babbitt.

Apparently no film of the shooter.


25 posted on 04/27/2021 1:27:24 AM PDT by agere_contra (Please pray for True Pope Benedict XVI and True President Donald J Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

Reuters writer Rostom, there was NO UPRISING on Jan. 6th. Drop you anti-American shit writing and go home. You lost the wars here so GTFO.


26 posted on 04/27/2021 1:54:00 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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some law enforcement veterans say the ties show the agency could have done more to prepare for the deadly Jan. 6 uprising,

They did prepare. They prepared for exactly what happened. They know it and we know it.

The loose antifa? Oh come on. We're not as stupid as they think we are.
27 posted on 04/27/2021 2:17:59 AM PDT by ssfromla
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To: tallyhoe

They participated in COINTELPRO as late as the 70s, I think, and were actively aiding the criminal Clintons in the 90s, and have been utterly corrupt since then, at least.


28 posted on 04/27/2021 3:11:08 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: Retrofitted

Huh?

I thought it was some fed agent, who eventually committed suicide.

If I am recalling the details right?


29 posted on 04/27/2021 5:26:09 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Trust Wray!” Said the Qballs.

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30 posted on 04/27/2021 5:33:16 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. , )
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