• blaine@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    An informant in this context is someone who was providing the information to the FBI during the conspiracy, not as part of a plea agreement.

    Like the last paragraph in the screenshot says- they’re accusing the FBI of allowing the insurrection to happen because they were too busy using the Proud Boys as a honeypot to bother shutting it down. Obviously the Proud Boys are still a problem, but it may recontextualize things to have the extra info about the FBi’s extensive foreknowledge of the attacks.