Tinker, Tailor, Prouder Guy

TheNewGroupsAreNot

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It may not be entirely surprising to those who have been paying attention that the current leader of the Proud Boys, Mr. Enrique Tarrio was previously a fraudster who ultimately had his prison sentence reduced:

...Tarrio on Tuesday acknowledged that his fraud sentence was reduced, from 30 months to 16 months, but insisted that leniency was provided only because he and his co-defendants helped investigators “clear up” questions about his own case...


But who would have thought that, in the interim between jail and insurrection the good Mr. Tarrio was also a police informant. Aram Roston of Reuters broke the story that the herd is now riding, hard, into the one news cycle sunset:

WASHINGTON (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...

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...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.”...


Gosh. 

One can only wonder how the Boys in the Band feel about that, especially given that Mr. Tarrio was 'denied' the ability to join them at the big insurrection gig after he was pre-emptively arrested and told to leave Washington just prior:

...Washington police arrested Tarrio in early January when he arrived in the city two days before the Capitol Hill riot. He was charged with possessing two high-capacity rifle magazines, and burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a December demonstration by supporters of former President Donald Trump. The D.C. Superior Court ordered him to leave the city pending a court date in June.

Though Tarrio did not take part in the Capitol insurrection, at least five Proud Boys members have been charged in the riot. The FBI previously said Tarrio’s earlier arrest was an effort to preempt the events of January 6...


Not to suggest that you should dive down a rabbit hole or anything but no one would hold it against you if you were to admit that that list bit had you wondering...

...At least a little.

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With apologies to David Cornwell, otherwise known as John Le Carre, for the header.

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