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Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant
The Guardian ^ | 27 January 2021 | Aram Roston

Posted on 01/27/2021 8:07:45 AM PST by zeestephen

Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, has a past as an informer for federal and local law enforcement, repeatedly working undercover for investigators after he was arrested in 2012, according to a former prosecutor and a transcript of a 2014 federal court proceeding obtained by Reuters...The records uncovered by Reuters are startling because they show that a leader of a far-right group now under intense scrutiny by law enforcement was previously an active collaborator with criminal investigators.

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KEYWORDS: capitolriot; cointelpro; fbi; proudboys
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To: zeestephen

Sounds like he was a good citizen and cooperated during an investigation 8 years ago. Sounds like the FBI decided to use that cooperation to discredit him now.

This kind of behavior from the FBI in outing him will ensure that they don’t get very much cooperation in the future from anybody. At this point, I don’t care what the crime was, I would not speak to the FBI.


81 posted on 01/27/2021 10:41:45 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: zeestephen

Now we know why the MSM and RATS knew more about “Proud Boys” than anyone on FR.


82 posted on 01/27/2021 10:45:01 AM PST by Zathras
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To: rktman
"Getting pretty tired of it."

You can't trust anybody, or anything today. It's sad, but you have to question everything, and everyone. I retired in 2003. I wouldn't want to have to work in such an environment today.

83 posted on 01/27/2021 10:57:36 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: zeestephen
Oh, so he is just like every other White Supremist in the country.

An Undercover Agent

84 posted on 01/27/2021 11:07:18 AM PST by KC_Lion
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To: zeestephen

Is he the black guy who, oops, is head of a group of what the left calls white supremacists? Color me not surprised. As he should not be, being thrown under the bus when his usefulness has expired.


85 posted on 01/27/2021 11:08:32 AM PST by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: zeestephen

Shocked,
Absolutely.


86 posted on 01/27/2021 11:22:12 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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To: DesertRhino

This kind of behavior hasnt slowed the FBI down any at all since its inception. When you bust someone for something illegal then put the thumbscrews on and tell you we’ve threatened your family and will make you wish you were dead if you screw with us or just send you back to prison to rot if you dont do our bidding. There isnt much voluntary about this type of cooperation.


87 posted on 01/27/2021 11:26:34 AM PST by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: zeestephen

Hi.

I was in a militia many years ago in VA. No, won’t say which one.

Ten percent of the members were FBI informants.

Yes, I confirmed that through a friend at the FBI. He’s probably retired now, but I won’t ID my friend.

5.56mm


88 posted on 01/27/2021 11:28:17 AM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho ain't my president.)
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To: Ann Archy

The name never made sense to me. Proud Boys” representing millions of conservatives? Um...no.
Never connected name to anything conservative.


89 posted on 01/27/2021 11:33:41 AM PST by AnxiouslyWaiting
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To: snarkytart

It’s called informing.


90 posted on 01/27/2021 11:34:42 AM PST by AnxiouslyWaiting
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To: proust

Exactly like all the “Tea Party” groups in 2010.


91 posted on 01/27/2021 11:38:37 AM PST by Zathras
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To: CodeJockey

...and the key point is no one on FR ever heard of them until they showed up in Portland, OR.
Ground Zero for Antifa and the most militant of the New DNC.
Coincidence?
I don’t think so.


92 posted on 01/27/2021 11:41:53 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Ann Archy

Ahh, I’m not so sure. The PB’s have been around for a while and come out of the Left Coast. While there’s plenty of Pantifa losers out there, there are also Left Coast Americans who hate them. I can’t speak for Tarrio’s bona fides, but the PB’s aren’t radical or known for violence.


93 posted on 01/27/2021 11:50:12 AM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: Jonty30

Someone pushing you to be violent is likely an undercover cop...

or working out of a DC dem War Room...

And they’re taking names.


94 posted on 01/27/2021 12:14:17 PM PST by GOPJ (Biden't doing the economic version of Antifa and BLM rioting and looting. It's intentional...)
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To: Mr. K

Gavin McInnes formed the Proud Boys in 2016, after trying to teach one of his 21 year old virgin interns how to pick up women. Named after a line from an Aladdin song, “proud of your boy”. It basically grew into a frat, which then volunteered to provide Gavin with security from Antifa abd BAMN types during his appearances.


95 posted on 01/27/2021 12:33:06 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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To: DesertRhino

Sounds like he was a good citizen and cooperated during an investigation 8 years ago. Sounds like the FBI decided to use that cooperation to discredit him now.


That’s pretty much where I am at. Didn’t Tarrio smell a rat and tell the PB to stand down and not go to the DC rally? I seem to remember that being in the news. Seems real odd the DS would do that if they controlled the PB.


96 posted on 01/27/2021 1:11:00 PM PST by lodi90
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To: Jonty30

SET UP At the direction of who? The Democrats? The FBI (they’ve done tgat before in the 60s), tge deep state portions of DOJ and CIA.


97 posted on 01/27/2021 1:56:08 PM PST by airedale ( )
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To: Erik Latranyi

A Riddle,
Wrapped in a Mystery
Inside an Enigma.
W. CHURCHILL


98 posted on 01/27/2021 5:05:23 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

agrred I dont like the idea of being an informent but if I think you are going to kill someone I have no problem turning some one in especialy i


99 posted on 01/27/2021 5:32:05 PM PST by PCPOET7
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To: Wuli

You can typically tell who the informants are: they are the ones trying to get people to commit illegal acts.

How does the government get informants? When they arrest someone, he gets told that he will get a good plea bargain IF he manages to help in the arrest of one or more of his associates — hence the motive to try to get people to do illegal things.

Look up the initial entrapment of Randy Weaver, where federal agents hired him to work on a shotgun, which was a quarter inch under the legal minimum.


100 posted on 01/27/2021 5:39:17 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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