Shane Lamond, the former head of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department’s intelligence division who was charged last year with providing information to Proud Boys leaders, was sentenced Monday.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is serving 22 years in prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson returned a verdict Monday convicting Lamond on four charges, including obstruction of justice and three counts of lying to an investigator, according to a Justice Department spokeswoman. The verdict followed a jury trial that featured controversial testimony from Tarrio, who claimed he had lied to his fellow Proud Boys contemporaries, saying he had received information from sources in the Metropolitan Police Department. It was done.
Prosecutors argued during the trial that Lamond had become a “double agent” for the Proud Boys, and that a warrant had been issued for his arrest in connection with Tarrio’s burning of a Black Lives Matter banner during an earlier visit. He said that he had informed Tarrio of the incident. Proud Boys and Washington.
“I can’t say I wanted to go to Washington, D.C., to get arrested. That sounds weird,” Tarrio said on stage, but said he went to Washington two days before Jan. 6 to “defuse the situation.” , explained that he wanted to set up a “circus tent” to use his arrest as a “marketing strategy.” ”
Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said federal prosecutors said at trial that Lamond “subverted his duties, provided confidential information to sources rather than obtain information from them, and lied about his actions.” He said that he had proven that he “obstructed the investigation.” into the source. ” Graves said Lamond was supposed to play an important role in keeping the community safe, but “this violation of trust in him further endangers our community and cannot be ignored.” I can’t.”
David Sandberg, FBI deputy director in charge of the Washington field office, said Mr. Lamond took an oath to faithfully enforce the law.
“Rather, he violated the law by providing confidential information to a source, obstructing an investigation into that source, and lying to federal investigators,” Sandberg said. “His conviction is a testament to the FBI’s commitment to bringing to justice public officials who abuse their positions of power and trust.”
President Donald Trump has vowed to begin pardoning the Jan. 6 defendants once he takes office within a month. It is unclear whether Mr. Tarrio is among the more than 1,500 defendants indicted and the more than 1,100 convicted defendants eligible for clemency, and both Jan. 6 and law enforcement are concerned. A person told NBC News that it’s clear President Trump hasn’t read the issue. Details of the incident.
Lamond’s defense has argued that his interactions with Tarrio were part of his job, but prosecutors have presented evidence that Lamond wrote about his affinity for the Proud Boys even after the Jan. 6 attack. Submitted.
“Of course I can’t say it publicly, but I personally support you and don’t want to see your group’s name and reputation dragged into the mud,” prosecutors said. .
