™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. This story has been updated with additional details. Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant This article is more than 1 year old Extremist leader repeatedly worked undercover for investigators after his arrest in 2012, former prosecutor and court files reveal Enrique Tarrio, leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys leader during a march into Freedom Plaza, in Washington DC on 12 December 2020. There were violent clashes and stabbings in the streets of DC after that protest, in what many now see as a precursor to January 6. Tarrio and his attorney have been contacted for comment. but denied this had anything to do with work as an informant. Kohti Vapautta The Proud Boys is an American far-right, neo-fascist, and exclusively male organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States. The incident occurred after a rally in support of Trump and his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Proud Boys Leader, Helped FBI Prosecute 13 People After 2012 Arrest. He has previously said he was “damn proud” that he burned the Black Lives Matter banner. It contains the account of an alleged FBI informant who supposedly infiltrated the Kansas Proud Boys and traveled with them to Washington, D.C. “I would never consider doing anything to a church myself.” “If I had known that the banner came from a church, it wouldn’t have been burned,” Tarrio told Judge Harold Cushenberry. (He previously acknowledged that he was an informant for the FBI and other agencies after he was convicted in a federal fraud case roughly a decade ago.)ĭuring a brief hearing on Monday, Tarrio claimed he didn’t know that the Black Lives Matter banner belonged to a church, the historic Asbury United Methodist Church in downtown DC. 1 7 The Proud Boys has been designated as a terrorist group in Canada 8 9 and New Zealand. The FBI was investigating at least two other.
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There is no indication in the deal that Tarrio is cooperating with the insurrection investigation against members of the Proud Boys. The Proud Boys is an American far-right, neo-fascist, and exclusively male organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States. A member of the far-right Proud Boys and FBI informant was texting his handler during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, The New York Times reported.
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Federal authorities later said his arrested was intentionally choreographed to keep him off the streets on January 6. Tarrio wasn’t near the Capitol that day because he was arrested earlier that week on the local weapons and property destruction charges, and ordered to stay out of DC.