![]() And Biggs was also becoming known for extreme rhetoric about Antifa members, the black-clad left-wingers who sometimes crash far-right events, leading to violent clashes. At the time of the meeting last year, the Proud Boys and leftists were clashing as civil rights protests happened around the country. Previously, another leader in the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, had been an FBI informant, and others in the group had been approached in a federal investigation in 2019 tied to Roger Stone.īiggs claims the FBI last summer was interested in his knowledge of the left-wing group Antifa. The disclosure in a late Monday night court filing adds to a growing known history of the Proud Boys' encounters with law enforcement prior to January 6. "By late 2018, Biggs also started to get 'cautionary' phone calls from FBI agents located in Jacksonville and Daytona Beach inquiring about what Biggs meant by something politically or culturally provocative he had said on the air or on social media concerning a national issue, political parties, the Proud Boys, Antifa or other groups," his defense lawyer wrote. In the filing, Biggs reveals that he regularly spoke to local and federal law enforcement about protests he knew of or was planning beginning in 2018. 4, two days before the pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol in a bid to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory.Joseph Biggs, a Proud Boys leader who is charged with conspiracy related to the January 6 insurrection, claims FBI had checked in on him several times in recent years, according to a new defense filing arguing that Biggs' contact with law enforcement shows he's not a threat to the public and should stay out of jail pending trial. ![]() Tarrio was arrested in Washington on Jan. And he has in fact cooperated in a significant way,” the prosecutor said, according to the transcript. “From day one, he was the one who wanted to talk to law enforcement, wanted to clear his name, wanted to straighten this out so that he could move on with his life. Tarrio’s lawyer said he was the first defendant to cooperate in the case and was also involved in a variety of police undercover operations involving things like anabolic steroids and prescription narcotics. In an interview with Reuters, Tarrio denied ever cooperating with authorities.Īfter Tarrio’s 2012 indictment, he helped the government prosecute more than a dozen other people, the federal prosecutor told the judge, according to the transcript. “Your Honor, frankly, in all the years, which is now more than 30 that I’ve been doing this, I’ve never had a client as prolific in terms of cooperating in any respect,” said Tarrio’s lawyer at the time, Jeffrey Feiler, according to the transcript.Īn email seeking comment was not immediately returned from a lawyer representing Tarrio in his current case. The judge agreed to reduce his sentence to 16 months, the records show. The prosecutor and Tarrio’s defense attorney both cited Tarrio’s extensive cooperation in arguing that his sentence of 30 months should be cut. – 2 more Indiana men face federal charges in Capitol riot. ![]() – Judge bans Proud Boys leader from Washington after arrest.– Smoked out: Tips, videos lead to Capitol riot suspects in NY. ![]()
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