A former Washington, D.C., police officer was convicted of leaking information to Enrique Tarrio, the former national leader of the Proud Boys, leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, incident at the U.S. Capitol.
A federal judge determined Lt. Shane Lamond covered up his extensive communications with Tarrio about an investigation into Tarrio’s role in burning a Black Lives Matter banner in December 2020 after a pro-Trump march, Politico reported.
Lamond fed Tarrio key pieces of information about the probe, allowing Tarrio to make plans about an upcoming trip to D.C., so he could guide the Proud Boys as they came to Washington D.C., to protest the results of the 2020 presidential election, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled.
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