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The FBI Blocked the Conviction of Patriot Front's Frontman Thomas Ryan Rousseau
Twitter/X ^ | April 29

Posted on 07/07/2024 8:15:00 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Have you ever wondered whether the group known as 'Patriot Front', which declares itself a white supremacy organization, is a genuine extremist group or merely a psyop funded and organized by federal authorities? I have questioned this as well. The group emerged roughly six years ago following the participation of its founder, Thomas Ryan Rousseau, at the infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. Intriguingly, Rousseau tends to recruit exceptionally fit and disciplined individuals, the likes of whom would be ideal candidates for the FBI, HSI, or the USMC. Many, including myself, are skeptical that a 25-year-old without formal education or employment could independently finance and organize such an operation without federal assistance. I suspect that the Patriot Front is a honeypot intended to ensnare young men who are confused yet otherwise peaceful.

Rousseau periodically leads his group on well organized marches around the country. The average event features between 100 and 250 very fit and disciplined men wearing matching khaki pants and blue shirts. With the exception of Rousseau each participant wears a white gator to protect their identity. They carry shields, flags, and march in lockstep with military precision. Notably there are never counter-protesters like Antifa or Black Bloc who plagued similar but less organized groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. Also, they are almost always accompanied and protected by local law enforcement. Shockingly Rousseau's Patriot Front missed the superbowl of rightwing protests - January 6th. Why weren't they there? In 2022, a notable incident occurred in North Idaho when an operator of a U-Haul franchise alerted the police to a "little army" of masked individuals loading into one of his trucks. According to reports, the truck contained around 35 recruits, including Rousseau. Local authorities intercepted this truck and several other vehicles, detaining the 35 recruits and another 70 active members before they could reach a nearby gay pride event. Police ordered the masked recruits out of the U-Haul and handcuffed them without removing their masks. Oddly, some participants were permitted to retain their backpacks despite being restrained.

The police permitted around 70 active members to depart peacefully but ultimately arrested Rousseau and 30 recruits on charges of conspiracy to riot. The reasons for allowing the majority of Patriot Front members to leave the scene remain unclear, especially since their colleagues were being charged with conspiracy. Most of the recruits were either found guilty of conspiracy to riot or agreed to plead guilty to a lesser infraction. Questions arise about the four passengers in the U-Haul who were not arrested: Why were they released? Similarly, concerns persist about the approximately 70 other members allowed to leave the scene: Why weren't they charged? The police released mugshots of Rousseau and 30 recruits

Prosecutors successfully prosecuted nearly every other Patriot Front recruit, but the case against Thomas Ryan Rousseau encountered significant hurdles when the FBI declined to cooperate and withheld crucial evidence. This lack of cooperation from the FBI led to an inability to secure a conviction against Rousseau. Consequently, Judge John Cafferty was compelled to dismiss the case against Rousseau in November of the previous year. This situation raises serious questions: Why did the FBI protect Rousseau? Why did they refuse to cooperate with local prosecutors? Local police had handed over 37 cellphones, cameras, and USB drives belonging to Patriot Front members, totaling 3,500GB of data, to the FBI. After holding these devices for seven months, the FBI refused to return them to prosecutors, making them unavailable for the defense, who believed the devices might contain exculpatory evidence. When Rousseau's defense attorney contacted the FBI, they were directed back to the city prosecutors, who themselves were being stonewalled by the FBI. Ultimately, local prosecutors informed the judge that they lacked the legal authority to compel the FBI to return the evidence. As a consequence of the FBI's refusal to cooperate, the case against Rousseau was dismissed. Considering the full scope of the evidence, it becomes apparent that Thomas Ryan Rousseau is either an asset for the FBI/HSI (as an informant or in some other capacity), or he is an unwitting patsy utilized by the federal government to operate a honeypot. This operation is presumably aimed at entrapping individuals prone to extremist racist ideologies.


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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I suspect many of these are FBI plebes, read: Recruits in training.


41 posted on 07/07/2024 9:30:03 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: cuz1961

Obama...
Sunni-Muslim—— correct?


42 posted on 07/07/2024 9:32:01 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: Mark17
How shocked would you like to be? I bet it is decades.

Since the 1990s. Remember Clinton's Filegate scandal? Clinton corrupted both the FBI and CIA.

Remember Ed Meese back in the 1980s? The media and left really hated Meese. But Meese's Justice Dept and FBI seemed to be mostly patriotic back then.

43 posted on 07/07/2024 9:33:26 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

THAT is the Biggest, Fattest ballistic vest I have ever seen. Must be TWO sewn together.

The only thing bigger than her vest is her big fat huge A@@.

FJB and the FIB.


44 posted on 07/07/2024 9:48:31 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Angelino97
Not sure these 29 look like exceptionally disciplined individuals. Some look downright dumb as a box of rocks.

Let 70 go, arrested these 30 and the leader is now not getting charged. Smells like 71 feds and 29 saps.

45 posted on 07/07/2024 9:50:18 AM PDT by Pollard (Will work for high tunnel money!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Why would anyone be charged with conspiracy to riot based on riding to a public event? Maybe they thought they were going there to express their political opinions about gay pride by marching peacefully in the gay parade wearing gay matching outfits. What “crime” was used to even detain them? Riding in the back of a van without seatbelts? This group has no history of rioting. The whole thing was bogus.


46 posted on 07/07/2024 10:19:38 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: cgbg

Knew about this from years back, never knew about Jane Seberg - that shit is completely their responsibility. Vile filth.


47 posted on 07/07/2024 10:27:30 AM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: Angelino97
But Meese's Justice Dept and FBI seemed to be mostly patriotic back then.

My, how things have changed.

48 posted on 07/07/2024 10:29:31 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Pollard

Mostly young. (as Rush described them, young heads full of mush)

Head shake.

FIB in action.


49 posted on 07/07/2024 10:36:56 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Mark17
I went to graduate school in the 1980s. When the FBI came on campus to recruit, the local student gay club protested, because the FBI had a policy of not hiring homosexuals.

The FBI said that homosexuals were a security risk because they could be blackmailed, even if they were open homosexuals.

Ed Meese defended that policy.

The FBI and Justice Dept were explicit -- Homosexuals Need Not Apply.

Yes, things changed drastically in the Gay Nineties.

50 posted on 07/07/2024 11:09:14 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

We were once a proper country


51 posted on 07/07/2024 11:27:17 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
I one read that the Gestopo worked against the Nazis in the 1920s.

Unlike the SS, the Gestopo wasn't created by the Nazis. It was an old institution, older than Germany. It was created as Prussia's secret police (under a different name). When Germany was unified, the Gestopo because Imperial Germany's secret police. And later, the Weimer Republic's secret police.

Through it all, the Gestopo underwent many name changes and reorganizations. Under the Weimer Republic, the Gestopo spied on all enemies of Weimer, Communist and Nazi.

When the Nazis came to power, they renamed it the Gestopo, reorganized it, and filled it with Nazis.

The FBI is like that. It's populated by, and serves the current government. Under Reagan, it banned homosexuals and defended Christians. Under our new regime, it's filled with homosexuals and trannies, and targets Christians.

52 posted on 07/07/2024 11:38:12 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: cuz1961

The MSM get a membership card too?.


53 posted on 07/07/2024 1:28:19 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Angelino97

FBI

= Fat BI


54 posted on 07/07/2024 1:46:33 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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