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krumpet_ t1_jed26ln wrote

Reply to comment by wrosecrans in FBI informant testifies at Proud Boys sedition trial — for the defense by Rage_Like_Nic_Cage

You are making too many assumptions. You mark this event as proof dems are not cleansing the FBI of Trump Loyalists. When someone clearly shows how your assumption is false. You then show once again your lack of understanding of an informant. They are not recruited. You can't prove an argument by restating your argument. This informant being called as a witness proves none of the subsequent nonsense you are talking about either.

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wrosecrans t1_jed826l wrote

> They are not recruited.

According to : https://legalbeagle.com/7801964-become-fbi-informant.html

"There are several ways to become an FBI informant. The most common way to become an FBI informant is to be approached by the FBI. If the FBI has identified you as a person who has a connection to a criminal enterprise, activity or target, the Bureau may approach you to provide it with information."

What specific distinction are you drawing between the FBI "approaching someone to be an informant" and the FBI "recruiting" an informant? Because most native English speakers would consider those synonymous. I understand what an informant is. Please clarify how you think a person goes from being a non-informant to being an informant, if you think nobody in the FBI is involved in picking people to be selected as informants?

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