He Was an FBI Informant—and Inspired a Generation of Violent Extremists

Joshua Caleb Sutter became an FBI informant roughly 20 years ago after being sent to prison for trying to buy a silencer and a defaced Glock40 pistol from an undercover fed in Philadelphia .

At the time of his arrest, Sutter was living on an Aryan Nations compound in Pennsylvania .

Since then, he’s earned at least $140,000 infiltrating a range of far-right organizations, most notably the Atomwaffen Division ( AWD ) Details of Sutter's involvement emerged in 2021 during the federal trial of AWD leader Kaleb Cole .

Sutter 's influence on 764 is readily apparent in the facts surrounding some of the group’s most violent participants.

Members of the exploitation network have been accused of robberies, in-person sexual abuse of minors, kidnapping, weapons violations, swatting, and murder.

The network is also connected to MKU, a nihilist Eastern European skinhead crew whose members are accused of a series of random attacks and killings in Ukraine and Russia .

Agony’s Point Press account on X posted videos and photos highlighting 764 and its offshoots, particularly MKU and the Order of Nine Angles .

The FBI has never addressed Sutter 's role in fueling violent far-right ideology.

The blowback is a feature, not a bug, of American law enforcement's use of confidential informants, expert says.