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Motion to supress evidence is what brought this forward looks like.

FACTS
For a number of years prior to the institution of charges in the case the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (“FBI”) investigated an organization called Atomwaffen, of which Mr. Cole is an
alleged member. They employed a confidential informant (“CI”) as part of the investigation and
paid him handsomely. The government has informed defense counsel that the CI in this case has
worked as an informant for the FBI for approximately the past sixteen years. Since 2003, he has
been paid over $140,000 for this work. More importantly, the CI has been paid $78,133.20 plus
an expense advance of $4,378.60, since February 7, 2018, which almost entirely coincides with
his work on the investigation into Mr. Cole and Atomwaffen.
The CI is a convicted felon and currently owns and operates a publishing company that
distributes white supremacist writings. The CI began his long career as a professional informant
in exchange for consideration regarding his sentence on a federal conviction for possession of a
firearm with an obliterated serial number and an unregistered silencer. He has continued this
work for pay.
This informant was the source of almost all of the information implicating Mr. Cole in the
alleged criminal activities underlying this case. On February 24, 2020, FBI Special Agent Casey
Villareal submitted an application for a warrant to search Mr. Cole’s alleged residence in
Montgomery, Texas. See Exhibit 1 (application, affidavit and warrant). The affidavit in support
of the application described a plot to create and send threatening posters to Jewish people and
people belonging to racial minority groups. The bulk of the application, as it pertained to Mr.
Cole’s alleged involvement in criminal activity, described communications over an app called
Wire between a group of alleged co-conspirators. See Exhibit 1 at 17 – 28. The affiant asserted
that Mr. Cole was a member of this group and that he used a moniker consisting of a string of

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https://national-justice.com/sites/default/files/2021/08/22/motiontosuppress_0.pdf