This @dailymail story passing itself off as serious journalism is hysterical. It's about TikTok influencer "Mike," who's reportedly being hunted by the FBI but won't reveal his full name despite having 350,000 followers on TikTok. Oh, there's more. 🧵bit.ly/49Sdp4U You see, TikTok Mike was near the Capitol during the January 6 riot. The volunteer snitches at Sedition Hunters even posted a picture of him. That got him worried, see. Then the FBI came to his house, according to — no joke — a text message from Mom. Then he got really worried.

Documents and recordings from the FBI's Gov. Whitmer kidnapping case raise questions about whether the FBI pursued a larger effort to encourage political violence ahead of the 2020 election, @Eric_VanDussen and I revealed in @theintercept. 🧵 bit.ly/3wNue2i 2) At least one undercover FBI agent and two informants in the Michigan case were also involved in stings centering on plots to assassinate the governor of Virginia and the attorney general of Colorado.

How real was the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer? Thousands of pages of FBI reports and hundreds of hours of undercover recordings obtained exclusively by @theintercept provide an inside look at the controversial sting. 🧵 bit.ly/3P9OHF4
This story, reported and written by @Eric_VanDussen and me, reveals that FBI agents were concerned that informant Stephen Robeson's actions might suggest entrapment. To prevent Robeson from damaging the case, FBI agents used leverage to keep him off the witness stand.

In the Proud Boys trial, FBI informants testified that federal agents weren’t interested in the far-right group. “They didn’t want to know about the Proud Boys, they wanted to know about antifa,” one informant inside the Proud Boys said yesterday. (1) bit.ly/3nB7UEl This tracks with my recent reporting on the FBI’s infiltration and subversion of the racial justice movement during the summer of 2020. I tell that story, in full, in "Alphabet Boys," a 10-episode documentary podcast that is out now. apple.co/3Yh688C (2)

Mickey Windecker had guns. So Zebb didn’t think much about Mickey asking to buy a gun for him.

Mickey told Zebb he can’t be near him when he buys the gun. “Then all of a sudden, they know I’m a felon,” Mickey said.
apple.co/3Yh688C (1/4) Mickey was building a case for the FBI — setting up Zebb on a felony firearms charge.

After buying a gun, Zebb arranged to meet Mickey. Smoking a cigar and waiting in his hearse, Mickey sang along to The Fugees’ cover of “Killing Me Softly.”
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