More Comes Out On Saturday's Fed Provocateur

The story we've seen is that at the Justice for J6 rally last Saturday, some of the very few ordinary citizens in attendance spotted a suspicious-looking man who appeared to be carrying a gun. They reported him to police, and since absolutely nothing else was going on other than hundreds of FBI, police, and reporters waiting for something to happen, the police in riot gear detained him, and the episode was fully documented.

In the view above, the man is dressed in black, with a black bandana style mask covering much of his face a la Antifa. He appears to have identified himself with a badge, surrendered his weapon, and given little other direct information as to what he was doing. According to the RedState blog,

Now the word is out where this guy was from. He is a 27 year old CBP officer from New Jersey. So yes, he was a federal agent. Fed on Fed arrest. He was allegedly detained for possessing a gun on the grounds of the Capitol but he was not prosecuted after they found out he was a police officer.

According to Fox News,

Generally, under federal law, law enforcement officers are given reciprocity to legally carry their weapons in other states, even those with restrictive gun laws. But the law has an exemption for government property or military bases where it is illegal to carry a gun, like the U.S. Capitol.

A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington said prosecutors were "not moving forward with charges" but did not provide additional information about the decision.

Two law enforcement officials said the officer was not at the rally in any official capacity. The officials could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general was also notified of his arrest.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it was aware of the arrest and was "fully cooperating with the investigation."

Something's hinky. New Jersey is more than 100 miles from DC. There were across-the-board recommendations to stay away from Saturday's rally, which just about everyone but reporters, police, and undercover feds followed. But one federal officer from New Jersey decides to attend in an "unofficial capacity" with a weapon, dressed like Antifa. Once he's caught, his agency mumbles something about integrity, but the US attorney decides not to prosecute. But they'll cooperate with any investigation that sorta maybe takes place.

Here are some thoughts I have.

• The most innocuous explanation is this guy is a junior wannabe who goes to DC from New Jersey on his own dime dressed as an Antifa, hoping he can incite an assault on the Capitol and then become a big hero by stopping it. Or maybe incite an assault on the Capitol and get a bunch of people clubbed and shot to prove how bad Trump is. Or something.
• But anyone with any kind of law enforcement experience knows you basically act within your training and policy, and any deviation must either be approved by your superiors or you're held accountable. For him to freelance this would be a career-ending move. Worse, it could land him in the slammer. Not many cops are that dumb. Maybe there are more federal agents who are.
• Who else knew about it? His supervisor? But if his supervisor cooked it up independently, that would also be a career-ending move that would risk prosecution. Everyone at that level must have had some assurance that if anything went wrong, it would all be made right. And so far, the US attorney says no prosecution.
• So I've got to think someone ordered something like this from much higher up, but it was badly bungled by our boy from New Jersey. My little daemon tells me the whole frammis is basically a great grand-nephew of the Watergate burglary fiasco, sloppily planned by a bunch of incompetents and bungled by amateurs.

I have a theory that just crossing a state border into New Jersey lowers your IQ by 30 points. My wife scolds me about this, but this may confirm my view.

Who placed the call to get this going? My money's on Pelosi.