Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant
Extremist leader repeatedly worked undercover for investigators after his arrest in 2012, former prosecutor and court files reveal
Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, has a past as an informer for federal and local law enforcement, repeatedly working undercover for investigators after he was arrested in 2012, according to a former prosecutor and a transcript of a 2014 federal court proceeding obtained by Reuters.
In the Miami hearing, a federal prosecutor, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and Tarrio’s own lawyer described his undercover work and said he had helped authorities prosecute more than a dozen people in various cases involving drugs, gambling and human smuggling.
Tarrio, in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, denied working undercover or cooperating in cases against others. “I don’t know any of this,’” he said, when asked about the transcript. “I don’t recall any of this.”
Law enforcement officials and the court transcript contradict Tarrio’s denial. In a statement to Reuters, the former federal prosecutor in Tarrio’s case, Vanessa Singh Johannes, confirmed that “he cooperated with local and federal law enforcement, to aid in the prosecution of those running other, separate criminal enterprises, ranging from running marijuana grow houses in Miami to operating pharmaceutical fraud schemes.”
Tarrio, 36, is a high-profile figure who organizes and leads the rightwing Proud Boys in their confrontations.
Good riddance to the “Virus Denier-In-Chief” and “The Trump Virus” . . .wish they both would have left us at the same time. Only the Trump Presidency was a HOAX.
swanridge about 3 years ago
The Trump Virus had a good run in this country (and throughout the world) mostly due to Comrade Trumpski.
brwydave Premium Member about 3 years ago
Being sad to see him go is understandable – after all he did help you reproduce bigly.
lobo1939 about 3 years ago
The Chinese said their farewell in two words: Good Riddance!
robnvon Premium Member about 3 years ago
I won’t cry for you la corona.
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Biden already has a higher approval rating than Trump ever had.
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant
Extremist leader repeatedly worked undercover for investigators after his arrest in 2012, former prosecutor and court files reveal
Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, has a past as an informer for federal and local law enforcement, repeatedly working undercover for investigators after he was arrested in 2012, according to a former prosecutor and a transcript of a 2014 federal court proceeding obtained by Reuters.
In the Miami hearing, a federal prosecutor, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and Tarrio’s own lawyer described his undercover work and said he had helped authorities prosecute more than a dozen people in various cases involving drugs, gambling and human smuggling.
Tarrio, in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, denied working undercover or cooperating in cases against others. “I don’t know any of this,’” he said, when asked about the transcript. “I don’t recall any of this.”
Law enforcement officials and the court transcript contradict Tarrio’s denial. In a statement to Reuters, the former federal prosecutor in Tarrio’s case, Vanessa Singh Johannes, confirmed that “he cooperated with local and federal law enforcement, to aid in the prosecution of those running other, separate criminal enterprises, ranging from running marijuana grow houses in Miami to operating pharmaceutical fraud schemes.”
Tarrio, 36, is a high-profile figure who organizes and leads the rightwing Proud Boys in their confrontations.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/27/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-fbi-informantDaeder about 3 years ago
“Goodbye Orange Prick Road”
nyg16 about 3 years ago
covid will be here for years because of those misguide people who believed every word that lair said
pepwine about 3 years ago
Hard to tell which one I want gone most Trump or covid-19. Guess I will flip a Susan B. Anthony dollar to decide. Heads covid tails you know who.
ragsarooni Premium Member about 3 years ago
More like “Good riddance!”
The Love of Money is . . . about 3 years ago
Good riddance to the “Virus Denier-In-Chief” and “The Trump Virus” . . .wish they both would have left us at the same time. Only the Trump Presidency was a HOAX.
kingdiamond69 about 3 years ago
No worries he will be back in the white house on March 4th…at least thats what the Q cult thinks.
comixbomix about 3 years ago
And don’t let the door hit ya’ where the virus bit ya’…
wrd2255 about 3 years ago
Ciao, Trumpo, hasta nunco.
Nyckname about 3 years ago
You forgot the irony quotes.
GaryCooper about 3 years ago
A man for all pandemics.