Apparently, the leader of the terrorist Proud Boy extremist group

doubles as a snitch and a rat. This could get interesting. (It seems an interesting past to be so forgettable.)

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - 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 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."

Posted: 01/27/2021 at 09:34AM

Apparently, the leader of the terrorist Proud Boy extremist group -- Shenhoo 01/27/2021 09:34AM

And he got snatched up before the insurrection. Right? Coincidence? ** -- HooAskedYou 01/27/2021 10:52AM

Quit a list of patriotic credentials, likely has a lot of good yelp reviews ** -- Chuck Taylor 01/27/2021 10:31AM

That's not a good look in the circles he runs in ** -- Brown Water 01/27/2021 09:37AM

Yeah. Could definitely get a little dicey at their next insurrection -- Shenhoo 01/27/2021 09:45AM

Impossible. Proud Boys is a myth, just an idea. ** -- Hoodafan 01/27/2021 09:48AM

^^^ dishonest wuddabout here. Nice. You delivered a twofer ** -- WaxHoo 01/27/2021 11:35AM

Was it you that took a Trump on the floor in the Senate chamber then? ** -- WahooRQ 01/27/2021 10:47AM

That’s a weird angle to take ** -- DownTownHoo 01/27/2021 10:24AM

Would you prefer I call it News You Can Use? ** -- Hoodafan 01/27/2021 11:30AM

I don’t know what that means ** -- DownTownHoo 01/27/2021 11:59AM

It's OUR boogeyman that's just an idea; yours is real and everywhere. ** -- ResistHoo 01/27/2021 10:17AM

No corporate headquarters. No membership cards. Just a Pravda myth. ** -- Hoodafan 01/27/2021 11:27AM

Hooduh, you clown. Stand by and stand down. ** -- WahooRQ 01/27/2021 11:33AM

No, it’s an organized would be militia group. -- 111Balz 01/27/2021 10:11AM

No kidding. Is releasing that info a political assassination attempt? Cuz -- Hoodafan 01/27/2021 09:43AM

The asshole is a leader of a domestic terrorist group. How ... -- Blah 01/27/2021 09:52AM

Was thinking the same -- wahoo138 01/27/2021 09:51AM

Apparently, the leader of the terrorist Proud Boy extremist group

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