6 - excerpts from his interviews and communications with the F.B.I. The records describing the informant’s account of Jan. The informant’s identity was not disclosed in the records. In lengthy interviews, the records say, he also denied that the extremist organization planned in advance to storm the Capitol. 6, and for months after, the records show, the informant, who was affiliated with a Midwest chapter of the Proud Boys, denied that the group intended to use violence that day. At one point, his handler appeared not to grasp that the building had been breached, the records show, and asked the informant to keep him in the loop - especially if there was any violence.īut the records, and information from two people familiar with the matter, suggest that federal law enforcement had a far greater visibility into the assault on the Capitol, even as it was taking place, than was previously known.Īt the same time, the new information is likely to complicate the government’s efforts to prove the high-profile conspiracy charges it has brought against several members of the Proud Boys. In the informant’s version of events, the Proud Boys, famous for their street fights, were largely following a pro-Trump mob consumed by a herd mentality rather than carrying out any type of preplanned attack.Īfter meeting his fellow Proud Boys at the Washington Monument that morning, the informant described his path to the Capitol grounds where he saw barriers knocked down and Trump supporters streaming into the building, the records show.
In the middle of an unfolding melee that shook a pillar of American democracy - the peaceful transfer of power - the bureau had an informant in the crowd, providing an inside glimpse of the action, according to confidential records obtained by The New York Times. 6, one member of the far-right group was busy texting a real-time account of the march. As scores of Proud Boys made their way, chanting and shouting, toward the Capitol on Jan.
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