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.
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 Proud Boys “did not do it, nor inspire,” the informant texted his handler. “The crowd did as herd mentality. Not organized.”“Barriers down at capital building. Crowd surged forward, almost to the building now,” the informant texted. Defense attorneys have argued there is no evidence the Proud Boys plotted to attack the Capitol and stop Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s electoral victory during a joint session on Jan. 6.
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