by Paul Sacca at The Blaze
The defense attorney for a member of the Proud Boys claimed that there were at least 40 undercover government agents and informants operating at the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.
Currently standing trial in Washington, D.C., are Proud Boys members Dominic Pezzola, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Enrique Tarrio – the group’s former leader.
Pezzola’s lawyer Roger Roots filed a motion requesting the government “reveal all informants, undercover operatives and other Confidential Human Sources (CHSs) relating to the events of January 6.”
“The federal prosecutors in this case are refusing to disclose information regarding these non-FBI informants,” Roots claims in the filing. “The existence, and likely conduct of these CHSs is almost certainly exculpatory for Pezzola.”
“Pezzola has become aware that the largest numbers of undercover CHSs on Jan. 6 belonged to agencies other than the FBI,” the filing reads. “At least two law enforcement agencies each outnumbered the FBI in terms of running undercover agents, informants, and CHSs on Jan. 6.”…
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