Former FBI special agent Mike German, whose new book Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within chronicles his experience working undercover in far-right, white nationalist militias and warns of the unchecked danger they pose to American society, responds to Trump’s mass pardons of January 6 insurrectionists, many of whom were members of or affiliated with far-right militias. “The pardons definitely send a message both to the far-right militant movement that political violence against Trump’s enemies will be rewarded … [and] sends a message to law enforcement that there’s no value in investigating and prosecuting far-right violence,” says German. He also notes that right-wing extremism has already infiltrated much of U.S. law enforcement, making it harder to root out and guard against political violence.
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