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AP3 and Oath Keepers infiltrator exposed militia surveillance of a student journalist

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John Williams spent two years infiltrating right-wing militias after January 6. His undercover work exposed surveillance of a Southern Utah University student journalist and connections between militia leaders and law enforcement, including an Iron County sheriff. He supplied documents to ProPublica reporter Joshua Kaplan, whose investigation brought the operation into public view.

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