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Michael Alan Jones, a former Proud Boy and self-admitted paid FBI informant, is a free man after a federal judge issued a suspended sentence with two years of supervised release — a lighter-than-anticipated punishment — for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon.

Judge David G. Larimer cited a leg infection Jones developed as a reason for departing from the sentencing guideline range calling for 24-30 months in prison, as the government had requested. Jones’ infection nearly resulted in an amputation.

Jones’ lawyer cited his client’s work for the FBI as a paid informant as evidence of his reform. But Jones came to trial with an extensive history of extremist activity, including avowed white supremacist beliefs. ...

The government is seeking a sentence of 24- to 30 months in prison for a North Carolina man with an extensive history of involvement with violent, far-right groups — and who was caught with a semi-automatic rifle as a felon during a traffic stop in western New York last year.

As previously reported by Raw Story, Michael Alan Jones was active with the the Base, a neo-Nazi terror group, and the white nationalist group Patriot Front. He stormed the U.S. Capitol with the Proud Boys on Jan. 6. Jones also worked as an FBI informant for at least some period of time overlapping with his activity with far-right groups, spanning from 2018 to the time of his arrest in March 2022.

Raw Story had previously revealed that Jones was an FBI informant, a fact that the Jones' lawyer confirmed this week in a court filing....