![]() The fight over Loh’s testimony also underscores a dispute between defense counsel and the government since before the trial began over who in the Proud Boys was feeding the FBI information and how much investigators knew about the far-right group’s plan for January 6 before the riot ever started. The role of confidential human sources, or CHS, on January 6 has become a central focus in right-wing circles, where conspiracy theorists assert that January 6 was a trap to make supporters of the former president look bad. Though Judge Timothy Kelly has yet to determine the extent of what they can question Loh about. In the trial of five Proud Boys in connection with their actions surrounding the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, defense counsel argued that the case shouldn’t proceed because the government failed to disclose Loh’s relationship with the FBI.īut after prosecutors assured Loh never informed on the defendants, defense attorneys signaled they were ready to move ahead with her testimony on Monday. She also suggested starting prayer groups with the defendants’ family members, according to defense counsel. Loh, previously a member of Latinos for Trump, participated in Proud Boys text chats and had extensive communications with one of the defendants in prison. “Antifa-types kept harassing me,” she said, adding that since her name was revealed online in connection with the Proud Boys case, she has been on the receiving end of non-stop, hate-filled messages. Loh said she was only paid by the FBI once, when she sent security footage of people harassing her at her home. According to the government, she was an informant from April 2020 until January this year. Loh said she began communicating with the FBI in 2018. She said she reported to the FBI “mostly” about Antifa and split ways with the bureau after she and her handlers decided her testimony in the Proud Boys trial would be an issue for the working relationship. In an interview with CNN, Loh said she never told her FBI handlers anything about the Proud Boys. That revelation threw a wrench into the ongoing trial this week in federal court in Washington, DC, when defense counsel learned of her relationship with the government. ![]() Over the past year, Texas woman Jen Loh has been in touch with several Proud Boys now on trial for seditious conspiracy, talking with the members of the far-right group and their defense counsel about the case and suggesting possible witnesses and attorneys who could help.Īll the while, Loh was also a paid FBI informant.
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