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WASHINGTON — On the first day of his criminal trial, prosecutors told a federal judge that former D.C. Metropolitan Police Lieutenant Shane Lamond , who exchanged hundreds of text messages with Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, essentially worked as a “double agent” for the extremist group before Jan. 6 and when pressed about that contact, lied to investigators.in 2023 on four counts including felony obstruction of justice as well as making false statements.
Lamond, who has pleaded not guilty, insists he has no sympathies for the Proud Boys, but that while working as a leader for MPD’s intelligence division, his communications with Tarrio were a necessary part of his job monitoring and developing sources.
Before Christmas 2020, prosecutors said, Lamond was shown a photo of Tarrio with other Proud Boys and asked if he could identify him. Within days, according to prosecutors, texts showed Lamond telling Tarrio about being asked to ID him. Yet more records allegedly show Lamond then warning Tarrio he would likely soon be arrested for the banner burning.
Nonetheless, Rothstein said, evidence at trial will show that Lamond’s leaking of sensitive police information was a steady drip and tied into his own affinity for the extremist group’s ideology. Prosecutors asked Dubrowski last year if it was “typical for an officer to defer to a source” as Tarrio and his codefendants looked on.
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