FBI’s Operation to Infiltrate Right-Wing Extremist Groups Lies at Center of Transparency Lawsuit

Salt Lake City attorney Jesse Trentadue poses stands in front of the federal court, in Salt Lake City, on Nov. 13, 2014. Rick Bowmer/AP/Shutterstock

An FBI right-wing infiltration operation tangled in allegations of witness tampering, evidence suppression, and connections to the Oklahoma City bombing has been exposed through one man’s unprecedented Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. government.

And the case isn’t over yet.