“Informant Panic” Roils Far-Right Extremist Groups

The Daily Beast reports:

As federal authorities crack down on the far right after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the movement’s leaders have found new sources of suspicion: each other. In the Trumpist “America First” movement and the far-right paramilitary group the Proud Boys, alliances are fracturing as extremists brand each other as potential informants. Now racist live-streamers are accusing their former comrades of attempting to turn over followers to law enforcement, while Proud Boys chapters are splintering from the national organization over similar fears.

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Far-right extremist organizers sold their followers on a mix of Spartan manly brotherhood and Don’t Tread On Me antigovernment solidarity.

Now it’s a race to turn each other in to the FBI in a rush for immunity. https://t.co/xFGXixEB9n

— Max Burns (@themaxburns) February 14, 2021