Proud Boys Leader Called To Testify In Trial Of Former Cop Accused Of Being A 'Double Agent'
Source: Huff Post
Dec 3, 2024, 08:15 PM EST
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys currently serving 22 years for seditious conspiracy, to appear for possible testimony in the trial of Shane Lamond, a former D.C. Metropolitan Police lieutenant facing multiple felony charges for allegedly obstructing a probe into the Proud Boys and repeatedly lying to investigators.
Lamond’s defense lawyers want Tarrio to testify at the bench trial because they argue it will prove that Lamond’s communication with Tarrio after the 2020 election was part of the lieutenant’s official duties as leader of the police department’s intelligence division.
Federal prosecutors, however, say the relationship between Tarrio and Lamond was corrupt. U.S. attorneys argue Lamond was a Proud Boys sympathizer who worked as a “double agent” at the department.
Lamond, who is charged with obstruction of justice and making multiple false statements, is accused of passing information to Tarrio about a police probe into the Proud Boys and the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner on Dec. 12, 2020. Tarrio has pleaded guilty to burning the banner and was sentenced to five months in prison. He was also convicted on seditious conspiracy charges last year, and is now serving a 22-year prison sentence — to date, the longest sentence of any Jan. 6 defendant.
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BoRaGard
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JohnnyRingo
(19,817 posts)...before agreeing to testify against Lamond. Obviously he was expecting a full pardon early next year.
He can still be called as a hostile witness, but he doesn't have to cooperate.
I think that makes him a fair weather friend of Lamond. If it helps Tarrio he'll turn on Lamond in a minute. If not, then he's s brother in arms.
Firestorm49
(4,334 posts)BumRushDaShow
(150,522 posts)but was recorded inside a parking garage the day before (Jan. 5) after being told to leave the city after his arrest and release for burning a BLM flag -
JoseBalow
(7,153 posts)He will jump at the chance for a change of scenery.