Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley founder and Trump megadonor, has been revealed as an FBI informant. #Thiel began providing information to an #FBI agent specializing in investigating #political #corruption and foreign-influence campaigns in 2021. Thiel was recruited as an #informant by Charles Johnson, a longtime associate and far-right figure. Thiel's reporting to the FBI was focused on foreign contacts and attempts by #foreign #governments to penetrate Silicon Valley.