A Seattle federal judge has denied a motion to suppress evidence in an ongoing domestic extremism case, ruling that the FBI was not required to disclose more than $82,000 in payments to an alleged white supremacist serving as a confidential informant. Judge John Coughenour’s Aug. 30 decision is the latest development in the case of Kaleb Cole, an accused neo-Nazi and Atomwaffen member arrested in February 2020 for allegedly participating in an Atomwaffen intimidation campaign against Jewish people and journalists of color. According to Cole, the FBI failed to disclose the sordid background of one of its confidential informants in the bureau’s application for a search warrant of Cole’s Texas home. “The CI [confidential informant] is a convicted felon and currently owns and operates a publishing company that distributes white supremacist writings,” Cole said in his Aug. 13 filing. “The CI began his long career as a professional informant in exchange for …