Maybe they were punking the FBI with bogus info. That’s the beauty of being a double agent. You never know for sure.
No, the FBI was punking the American people - the oblivious Left, who believe any fake news narrative.
They paid people to infiltrate and pose as “right wing activists”, such as oath keepers, and engineer activities on Jan 6, which could be used to make President Trump and his supporters look bad.
It’s called a false flag operation. The US security state does this kind of thing all the time in other countries - it’s what they do.
Now they are doing it to us.