FBI informant testifies for Proud Boys defense that January 6 ‘not organized’

Informant who marched to US Capitol with Proud Boys says he didn't know of plans to invade and crowd did as herd mentality'

An FBI informant who marched to the US Capitol with fellow Proud Boys on January 6 testified on Wednesday that he did not know of any plans for the far-right extremist group to invade the building and didn't think they inspired violence that day.

The informant, who identified himself in court only as Aaron", was a defense witness at the trial of the former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors say was a plot to keep Donald Trump in the White House after the 2020 election.