FBI informants were at Capitol riot but no agents, watchdog finds
Dec 12, 2024 · More than two dozen FBI informants were in Washington DC ahead of the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, but no full-time undercover agents were present or took part …
Jan. 6 report leads to false claims of FBI setup | AP News
Dec 13, 2024 · Social media users are misrepresenting a report by the Justice Department inspector general’s office, falsely claiming that it’s proof the FBI orchestrated the Capitol riot on …
DOJ watchdog says FBI had 26 confidential sources in DC for Jan.
Dec 12, 2024 · The FBI had at least 26 confidential informants on the ground in Washington, DC, during the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol — most of whom engaged in illegal activity during the chaos, the...
January 6 United States Capitol attack - Wikipedia
On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of then–U.S. President Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup d'état two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. They sought to keep him in power by occupying the Capitol and preventing a joint session of Congress from counting the Electoral College votes to …
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA licenseExclusive: FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was …
Aug 20, 2021 · The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four …
Justice Department says it won't release the names of FBI agents …
4 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has agreed to refrain from publicly identifying any FBI agents whose conduct is under review as President Donald Trump’s …
DOJ OIG Releases Report on the FBI’s Handling of Its Confidential …
Dec 12, 2024 · Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today the release of a review examining the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) handling of …
Examining the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol — FBI
Jun 15, 2021 · Beginning on the evening of January 6, the FBI surged substantial resources to help ensure the safety and security of the U.S. Capitol complex, members of Congress, and …
No undercover FBI agents were at the January 6 US Capitol riot
Dec 12, 2024 · A Justice Department watchdog found that there were no undercover FBI employees at the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot, rejecting speculation from allies of …
DOJ IG reveals 26 FBI informants were present on Jan. 6
Dec 12, 2024 · DOJ Inspector General said there were more than two dozen confidential human sources in the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but only three were assigned by the …
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