Cop was 'double agent' with Proud Boys around Jan. 6: Feds
Shane Lamond and Enrique Tarrio

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A Washington, D.C., police officer worked as a “double agent” ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, once tipping off the head of the Proud Boys about his impending arrest for burning a Black Lives Matter flag, prosecutors reportedly said Monday during opening statements at his trial.

Former D.C. Metro Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond also kept in close contact with Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio in the lead-up to the Jan. 6 riot that interrupted the certification of Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election, prosecutors allege. Lamond is charged with obstruction of justice and three counts of making false statements to police about his conversations with Tarrio, who is now serving a 22-year prison sentence for his role in organizing the riot. Lamond is undergoing a bench trial on the charges in front of U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson.

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“Lamond leaked sensitive police information to a criminal suspect, and lied about it to investigators,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Rothstein told Berman, according to The Washington Post. “The evidence will show that the defendant was a Proud Boys sympathizer. The defendant became a double agent.”

Per the March 2023 indictment, Lamond was the head of MPD’s intelligence branch that monitored upcoming protests and rallies in D.C. when he and Tarrio started communicating regularly using the encrypted messaging app Telegram.

After Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, Lamond allegedly sent a text message to Tarrio that said “Hey brother, sad, sad news today. You guys planning anything?” Lamond also allegedly tipped Tarrio off that law enforcement had been hearing chatter of Proud Boys saying they were “mobilizing” and planning on “taking back the country.” Lamond also allegedly kept Tarrio apprised of cops possibly shutting down a bar that was a Proud Boys hangout.

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