The FBI used an infiltrator in the Black Lives Matter protests that took place in Denver during the wave of demonstrations after the killing of George Floyd by police in 2020. The Guardian writes, specifying that this has raised concern in Congress.
The fear - continues the Guardian - is that the federal agency is once again abusing its powers to harass and intimidate minority groups.
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden from Oregon asked the Bureau to explain how it came to recruit a violent criminal as an informant, who has since gained prominence among racial justice activists in Denver.
According to the Guardian, the whistleblower is alleged to have encouraged protesters to engage in increasingly violent protests as he tried to catch them committing crimes.
"If the allegations are true, the FBI's use of an informant to spy on First Amendment businesses and fuel violence during peaceful protests is an outrageous abuse of law enforcement resources and authority," he said. said Wyden, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee that oversees federal intelligence-gathering agencies, including the FBI.