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2021-09-26 Government Corruption
Informant sent live updates to FBI while storming US Capitol on January 6 — NYT
As the Biden government’s case continues to crumble...
[IsraelTimes] In newly obtained records, spy in the “far-right”
...scare quotes added...
Proud Boys claims group did not preplan attack; his account raises fresh questions over law enforcement’s performance ahead of riot.


Among members of a far-right group that marched on the United States Capitol on January 6 was an FBI
...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time...

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informant, who was providing live updates to his handler during the attack, according to a Saturday report.

The Proud Boys, a far-right group of self-described "Western chauvinists," were largely following a mob supporting then- US president Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
rather than carrying out a preplanned attack, according to the informant’s account in confidential records obtained by The New York Times

... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

The informant provided his FBI handler with real-time updates via text messages, and in turn, the latter asked the informant to keep him in the loop, especially if there was any violence, the paper said.

The report said that two sources familiar with the matter suggested that the FBI had far greater visibility into the assault than was previously known, even as it was taking place.

The informant’s account of events before, during, and after the January 6 riot appeared to support claims by defense lawyers that even though several Proud Boys activists broke into the Capitol, the group did not come with a prepared plan to storm the building, according to the report.

However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
it was not clear if the Proud Boys member was in a position to know of plans ahead of the January 6 riot, missed indications of the attack, or deliberately misled the government.

At least 19 leaders, members, or associates of the Proud Boys have been charged in federal court with offenses related to the January 6 riot, as federal officials believe group members attempted to stop Congress from certifying US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The guy who lost Afghanistan, aka Biden's Bungle...
’s electoral victory.

The records also raised new questions over the FBI’s performance ahead of, and during the Capitol riot. In June, a US Senate investigation of the January 6 insurrection uncovered broad government, military, and law enforcement missteps before the violent mostly peaceful attack.

The Senate recommended a consolidated intelligence unit within the Capitol Police after widespread failures from multiple agencies that did not predict the attack, even though insurrectionists were planning it openly on the internet.

The police’s intelligence unit "knew about social media posts calling for violence at the Capitol on January 6, including a plot to breach the Capitol, the online sharing of maps of the Capitol Complex’s tunnel systems, and other specific threats of violence," the investigation found, but agents did not properly inform the leadership of everything they had found.

Senators also criticized the FBI and the Homeland Security Department for downplaying online threats and for not issuing formal intelligence bulletins that help law enforcement plan.

The Proud Boys met at the Washington Monument around 10 a.m. on January 6 and marched to the Capitol before then-US president Donald Trump finished addressing thousands of supporters near the White House.

Around two hours later, just before Congress convened a joint session to certify the election results, a group of Proud Boys followed a crowd of people who breached barriers at a pedestrian entrance to the Capitol grounds, the indictment says. Several Proud Boys also entered the Capitol building itself after the mob smashed windows and forced open doors.

At least nine people who were there died during and after the rioting, including a woman who was shot and killed by police as she tried to break into the House chamber and three other Trump supporters who suffered medical emergencies.

Two coppers died by suicide in the days that immediately followed, and a third officer, Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, collapsed and died after engaging with the protesters. A medical examiner later determined he died of natural causes.

The Metropolitan Police announced this summer that two more of their officers who had responded to the insurrection had also died by suicide.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-09-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [24 views ]  Top

#1 Reichstag Fire, pt II
Posted by Faux Drapeau 2021-09-26 02:16||   2021-09-26 02:16|| Front Page Top

#2 .....The report said that two sources familiar with the matter suggested that the FBI had far greater visibility into the assault than was previously known, even as it was taking place.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-09-26 06:19||   2021-09-26 06:19|| Front Page Top

#3 The FBI: Re-imagining Crime - Sometimes the biggest events need a little encouragement, involvement and embellishment.
Posted by Airandee 2021-09-26 07:00||   2021-09-26 07:00|| Front Page Top

#4 NY Slimes - Sicknick, collapsed and died after engaging with the protesters - suggesting the death was proximate to the riot, not the next day.
Posted by Bobby 2021-09-26 07:59||   2021-09-26 07:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Proud Boy FBI informant texting his handler during January 6 riot said storming Capitol was not pre-planned - complicating efforts to prove conspiracy charges against the far-right group
Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-26 08:37||   2021-09-26 08:37|| Front Page Top

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