Person of record

Marcus DiPaola

FBI Chicago field office informant / member of Ryan's rescue organization · Federal informant (self-admitted)

Self-identifies as having worked for the FBI Chicago field office from 2016 to 2019. Was embedded inside Ryan's hurricane-rescue organization during those same years. Filmed the 2018 rescue video that put Ryan on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Openly discusses having been hot-mic'd and wired in 2020 — the period Marcus and Ryan were in direct contact in the lead-up to January 2021. Subject of a pre-plea defense disclosure request that AUSA Douglas Brasher denied on the record. Public-record archive: https://archive.ph/jYVkv