A new report released by the Justice Department inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, Thursday, Dec. 12, found no federal agents were directly involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. After nearly four years of investigation, the report found no evidence undercover FBI employees were among the thousands of Trump supporters who stormed the building.
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The report also found 26 confidential informants for the FBI were among the crowd that day, but only three were assigned by the FBI to attend the rally. The report said none of them were directed by the bureau to “break the law” or “encourage others to commit illegal acts.”
One of the confidential human sources assigned by the FBI to be there was among four sources in total who entered the Capitol building that day. The other two assigned by the FBI entered the restricted area around the Capitol.
Republican Congressman Jim Jordan told Fox News, “The FBI had encouraged and tasked confidential human sources to be at the capitol that day. Four entered the capitol and weren’t charged, which is not the same treatment that other Americans received.”
The report said the bureau should have done a better job communicating with field offices nationwide before Congress met that day to certify the 2020 election results.
