> After becoming an informant, Chappel became the group's "XO", or executive officer, the second-highest rank in the group,[99] and then its highest-ranked officer after Morrison departed the group due to marital problems.[99] Chappel taught the group tactical skills he had learned in the U.S. Army,[99] offered the group use of a credit card (paid for by the FBI) to buy ammunition and supplies,[100] and in summer 2020 spent hours on the phone with Fox planning the kidnapping.[99]

So the leader of the group who was supplying the group was also being supplied by the FBI and was an informant for the FBI and acting under the FBI's direction. I don't know how you can get much more convincing then the lead dude who is spending hours planning it and who will got all the supplies was 100% of the FBI's pocket and then come to the belief that the FBI didn't directly instigate it.