If you mentioned this obvious possibility last week when the news broke, the typical band of hysterics reflexively screamed that you were an apologist for "white supremacists" or whatever. So many people have become witless dupes for the US security state https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1316107901363200001

In that wave of initial coverage there was barely any skepticism because it all fit a preordained narrative involving Trump and election-related "Civil Unrest." Despite the fact that if you actually read the complaint you saw immediately how extensive the informant operation was

Here's an example of the kind of hysterical shrieking and viral condemnations that began immediately, probably before the shriekers could even read the criminal complaint (if they ever bothered at all) https://twitter.com/DavidNeiwert/status/1314250227084226560