Posted on 09/27/2021 10:07:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
The FBI had an informant in the crowd during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, The New York Times reported Saturday, citing confidential records it obtained.
The informant's name was not revealed in the records, though he was affiliated with a Midwest chapter of the far-right group the Proud Boys, according to the newspaper.
Based on an account of the informant's activities detailed in the records, the informant described meeting up with men from other Proud Boys chapters at 10 a.m. at the Washington Monument and eventually entering the Capitol.
The informant entered after debating whether to do so, the Times reported. He left through a window after police told him that someone had been shot - likely Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt, the newspaper noted.
The informant has since denied that the Proud Boys intended to use violence on Jan. 6 but rather were consumed by a herd mentality. He has also denied that the group planned to attack the Capitol in interviews, the Times reported.
In a statement to The Hill, an FBI spokesperson said the agency's "mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States, and intelligence gathering is essential to those efforts."
"While the FBI's standard practice is not to discuss its sources and methods, it is important to understand that sources provide valuable information regarding criminal activity and national security matters," the statement said.
More than 600 people have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack, according to the Justice Department, and more than 50 have pleaded guilty.
The Times noted that 15 members of the Proud Boys have been charged with conspiracy in four separate cases.
Reuters reported in early August that the FBI has found little evidence to suggest that the attack was largely coordinated.
While groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were intent on entering the Capitol, officials told Reuters that there appeared to be no coordinated plans regarding what they would do once they broke into the building.
Updated: 11:58 a.m.
The FBI’s track record says 12 out of 18. I’ll go with that as an estimate.
So what the he!! is that Jan 6 “unselect” commission doing.
NO CONSPIRACY MEANS NO CONSPIRACY...EVEN FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
Now that they have admitted it, they need to explain what they knew and when did they know it? Assuming, of course, that their objective was the protection of lives and property.
They used to say that about the CPUSA. Estimates of how many members were federal informants ranged from 15% to 100%.
The FBI doesn’t even send just one agent to serve old-lady public librarians with demands for computer records.
There were HUNDREDS of agents at Capitol Hill on January 6 - I have no doubt about it.
"No coordinated plans." That sounds awfully close to "no agreement to violate the law," which would make it rather hard to prove a conspiracy charge.
“More than 600 people have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack”
Deadly? Only to one woman who was murdered by an out of control Trump hating cop.
They had instigators. And BLM and Antifa infiltrators.
Fixed it even better.
It is funny how no one ever heard of “Proud Boys” until they showed up in Portland.
Fixed it.
As Sgt Barnes used to say, “One round will get you all.”
Well, it was deadly for Ashley Babbitt . . .
Where’s the “Oh yeah, sure.” girl?
Yeah, they kinda stand out like White Leghorns in a coop full of Rhode Island Reds......................
It’s easy to identify them. They’re the ones not in jail.
“The New York Times reported Saturday, citing confidential records it obtained.”
Anyone that buys into this is not thinking. There are a few problems with this that makes it hard not to be on the edge of stupidity.
1. If they have confidential information, and they have been
known to lie before, that is illegal.
2. If they have the names that got the information, and do not
provide them, they are an accessory to treason.
3. Saying that someone was planted in the crowd and naming
only a couple are being just as dishonest as they can be,
or qualify for that stupid I mentioned.
4. And selling this $hit to the people is insulting to anyone
that has electricity between their ears.
Groups planted in the crowd, representing people, that I can bet you were there:
the pro-mentioned Proud Boys, FBI, CIA, foreign terrorist groups, the white house, congress (both houses), DNC, Foreign countries, foreign investors, RNC, Obama, Trump, Bush..to name a few. They might even have outnumbered the crowd that was actually there at that rate.
No question in my mind. And they expect the people with no wool to buy this? Who’s playing the banjo here?
wy69
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