Peter Thiel was an FBI informant. Here's how you could become one.

• Billionaire megadonor and Trump supporter Peter Thiel became an FBI informant in 2021, Insider reported.
• The FBI has thousands of informants; they can recruit lawyers, clergy, minors, prison guards, overseas individuals, and more.
• You can volunteer to become an informant, but in most cases, the FBI will approach people they believe have information they need and try to recruit them.

The FBI runs thousands of informants within the US and overseas — and billionaire megadonor and Trump supporter Peter Thiel became one of them in 2021, Insider reported this week.