Witness expected to testify for defense at Proud Boys trial was government informant

Lawyers for defendants ask judge to schedule emergency hearing and suspend trial 'until these issues have been resolved' Federal prosecutors disclosed on Wednesday that a witness expected to testify for the defense at the seditious conspiracy trial of the former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four associates was a government informant for nearly two years after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Carmen Hernandez, a lawyer for Zachary Rehl, a former chapter leader in the far-right grou...