
DOJ watchdog says FBI had 26 confidential sources in DC for Jan. 6 riot …
Dec 12, 2024 · Only three of its 26 informants present had been instructed to observe potential domestic terrorist suspects on the day of the riot, the DOJ watchdog found. The rest of the 23 appear to have gone...
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 in the riot...
No undercover FBI agents at Jan. 6 riot, watchdog finds in rebuke …
Dec 13, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI should have done more to gather intelligence before the Capitol riot, according to a watchdog report Thursday that also said no undercover FBI employees were on the...
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 President-elect...
FBI leadership said "basic step" was missed ahead of Jan. 6 Capitol ...
Dec 12, 2024 · More than two dozen individuals utilized by the FBI as confidential human sources were in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, ahead of the Capitol breach, but none were authorized by their...
Watchdog reveals FBI had 26 confidential sources during Jan. 6 riot
Dec 12, 2024 · Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirmed Thursday that the FBI used confidential sources as part of its response to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, a revelation that...
US watchdog cites FBI missteps but avoids blame in report on January 6 riot
Dec 13, 2024 · Meanwhile, far-right conspiracy theorists have claimed FBI agents helped spur the violence on January 6, to unfairly smear Trump supporters. Thursday’s report refutes that.
New Jan. 6 report cites some FBI missteps before attack on Capitol
Dec 12, 2024 · The Justice Department inspector general report said that 26 FBI informants went to Washington in connection with Jan. 6 events, 17 entered the restricted Capitol building or grounds, and...
Watchdog finds no undercover FBI agents were present during Jan. 6 riot …
Dec 12, 2024 · A watchdog report says no undercover FBI employees were present during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and none of the bureau’s informants was authorized to participate.
FBI should have collected more intelligence before Capitol riot ...
Dec 12, 2024 · WASHINGTON — The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, according to a watchdog report that also said no undercover FBI employees were on the scene Jan. 6,...