‘MAJOR EXPLAINING TO DO’ Trump rages at bombshell report alleging FBI had 274 plainclothes agents in crowd during Capitol riot
People seen storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. REUTERS
WASHINGTON — President Trump blasted the FBI on Saturday after a bombshell report alleged the bureau had deployed 274 plainclothes agents in the crowd during the events of Jan. 6, 2021. He declared that then-FBI Director Christopher Wray “has some major explaining to do.”
According to a report from The Blaze, the FBI privately acknowledged those agents’ presence, despite a Justice Department Inspector General report insisting none had been embedded in the crowd.
“It was just revealed that the FBI had secretly placed, against all Rules, Regulations, Protocols, and Standards, 274 FBI Agents into the Crowd just prior to, and during, the January 6th Hoax,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This is different from what Director Christopher Wray stated, over and over again! I want to know who each and every one of these so-called ‘Agents’ are, and what they were up to on that now ‘Historic’ Day.”
Trump added, “Christopher Wray, the then Director of the FBI, has some major explaining to do. That’s two in a row, Comey and Wray.”
It remains unclear whether all 274 agents were positioned inside the group that breached the Capitol or if some were spread throughout other protest crowds that day.
The Justice Department’s watchdog previously claimed it found “no evidence” that undercover FBI employees were among the protest crowds. However, the same report confirmed the FBI had 26 confidential human sources in the Jan. 6 crowd — including four who entered the Capitol without authorization.
Earlier this month, the GOP-led House approved the creation of a new subcommittee to investigate Jan. 6. Chairman Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) said: “With that many paid informants being in the crowd, we want to know how many were in the crowd, how many were in the building, but I also want to know, were they paid to inform or instigate?”
The FBI has not responded to requests for comment.
While Wray has testified that the bureau did not instigate the riot, he has refused to disclose the exact number of informants present that day. “If you’re asking if the violence at the Capitol was part of some operation orchestrated by FBI sources or agents, the answer is no,” Wray told lawmakers last year.
The controversy comes as Wray’s predecessor, James Comey, was indicted this week on charges of making false statements to Congress, specifically regarding leaks about FBI investigations into President Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Earlier this year, President Trump issued a mass pardon for individuals convicted in connection with Jan. 6, saying: “Many Great American Patriots were made to pay a very big price only for the love of their Country. I owe this investigation of ‘Dirty Cops and Crooked Politicians’ to them.”
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