The Record of Bergen County reviewed numerous government documents, e-mails, court records and almost 20 hours of jailhouse interviews with Hal Turner. He faces trial this week on charges he made death threats against three Chicago-based federal appeals judges.

The newspaper reported Sunday that Turner received thousands of dollars from the FBI to report on neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups. Turner claims the FBI coached him to make racist, anti-Semitic and other threatening statements on his radio show.

Turner says he feels double-crossed by the bureau after his arrest. But documents show federal agents often admonished his extremism.

Federal prosecutors and FBI officials declined comment.

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