Revelations that a defense witness was also an FBI informant have further roiled the Capitol riot trial of members of the far-right Proud Boys. Now prosecutors say the informant was never told to gather information about the defendants or their lawyers.
“From our point of view, this is alarming, shocking, troublesome,” Hernandez, who is representing Proud Boy Zachary Rehl, during an emergency hearing on the matter held after the judge canceled testimony for the day.
It’s the latest twist in the trial, which is one of the most serious to emerge from the Jan. 6 attack that halted Congress’ certification of President Joe Biden’s victory, sent lawmakers running and left dozens of police officers injured. Defense lawyers didn’t name the informant in their court filing, but said it is somebody who served as an informant for the government from April 2021 through at least January 2023, though the original contact dated back to 2019.
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