FBI informant testifies for Proud Boys defense in Capitol riot case.

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Source: The Associated Press
FBI informant testifies for Proud Boys defense in Capitol riot case.
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An FBI informant, who marched to the U.S. Capitol with fellow Proud Boys members on Jan. 6, testified on Wednesday that he didn’t know of any plans for the far-right extremist group to invade the building and didn’t think they inspired the violence that day. The informant, who identified himself in court only as “Aaron,” was a defense witness at the trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors said was a plot to keep Donald Trump in the White House after the 2020 presidential election.

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