F.B.I. Didn’t Instruct Informants to Encourage Violence at Capitol, Report Says

The New York Times ^ | Dec. 12, 2024, 1:34 p.m. ET | Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The review acknowledged that several informants were in Washington on Jan. 6, but said that only a handful were collecting information for the F.B.I. that day, contrary to conspiracy theories.

More than two dozen F.B.I. informants were in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, but, contrary to widespread conspiracy theories, bureau officials did not instruct them to encourage anyone to break the law as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol that day, according to a report by a Justice Department watchdog released on Thursday.

After a four-year investigation, the inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, determined that F.B.I. leaders acted appropriately by dispatching some of the informants to monitor subjects related to the Capitol attack, and that the bureau shared the limited intelligence it had with other law enforcement agencies.

But the inspector general also criticized the bureau’s leaders for failing to recognize the potential dangers posed by the rioters — and for failing to follow through on its promise to canvass its field offices for intelligence on potential threats after the 2020 election.

Three of the informants had been sent to Washington on Jan. 6 “tasked by F.B.I. field offices to report on specific domestic terrorism case subjects,” the report found. One of them actually entered the Capitol during the riot, and the other two breached the “restricted area” around the building, investigators found.

But their reports were of limited of use and “no more specific” than other sources of information.

More than 20 other informants who had a history of working with the F.B.I. were in Washington that day and attended events related to Jan. 6, but went to them on their own volition, not at the bureau’s request, the report found.

The report found no evidence that any undercover F.B.I. agents were present in the crowd that gathered to disrupt the certification of President Biden’s electoral...

[Jim Noble]

OK, they didn’t instruct the “informants” to foment violence.

What about the special agents? What about the CIA operatives? What about the players from agencies we don’t even know about?

Why was Alexandra Pelosi there with the video setup? And was Biden involved? (probably not). Who ordered the J6 committee records to be destroyed? Who carried out the order?Why did Milley hold a press conference in the Fall to announce the Army wouldn’t be following any “illegal orders” in case of a dispute about an election that hadn’t happened yet?

And who recruited Bob Woodward? And when?

And who were those tramps on the railroad overpass, anyway?

If this stops with Wray and a few of his henchmen, and with 1/6/21 only, we will not be getting anywhere.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Total BS. Trump should fire Horowitz and appoint a new IG and order another investigation.

[ifinnegan]

Double talk.

[HamiltonJay]

Ray Epps openly stated on film many many statements that were encouraging of violence…

[Glad2bnuts]

They released documents containing 8,000 notations. They are hiding 500,000.

[TBP]

BS. I’m supposed to trust the corrupt FBI’s investigation of itself???

[Glad2bnuts]

Who planted the bombs? They have video and cell phone records. THEY KNOW, yet 4 years on they KNOW NOTHING.

[GMThrust]

They are telling the truth, they didn’t encourage-they DIRECTED!!!

[blackberry1]

He must testify.

[Paal Gulli]

By the same token, Hitler never ordered his minions to murder the Jews. But he did hire a bunch of Jew-hating Nazis and put them in charge of rounding up and “taking care” of the Jews.

[blackberry1]

Bet he planted the two bombs as well. Time for congress to make him testify

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

So it’s true!

[Huskrrrr]

I feel so much better. s/

[Billthedrill]

Well, if the Biden DoJ and the NYT both say so, it’s just about as informed a source as you could ask for. As in informed that the evidence has all been destroyed.

[stylin19a]

More than two dozen F.B.I. informants were in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, but, contrary to widespread conspiracy theories, bureau officials did not instruct them to encourage anyone to break the law as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol that day, according to a report by a Justice Department watchdog released on Thursday.

If they wore masks, how would they know ?

More than 20 other informants who had a history of working with the F.B.I. were in Washington that day and attended events related to Jan. 6, but went to them on their own volition, not at the bureau’s request, the report found.

ah, they were having a reunion and it was just coincidentally at the capitol...yeah, that's the ticket.

[Gaffer]

It’s all a pack of lies, Jim.

[reagandemocrat]

Remember when Jamie Raskin called Ray Epps a “poor Schmuck”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e2zhXKQq28

and told everyone to back off?

Hysterical video.

[reagandemocrat]

“Some people are still hanging around and waiting for their pardon”

Hahaha

[gunnut]

We’ve investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong.

[1ScrappyArmyMom]

And more BS from that rag..