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Undercover FBI agents had no role in U.S. Capitol attack: report

Undercover FBI agents were not present during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters, a Justice Department watchdog said Thursday in a report debunking a popular right-wing conspiracy theory. "We found no evidence in the materials we reviewed or the testimony we received showing or suggesting that the FBI had undercover employees in the various protest …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Justice Department Watchdog Finds No FBI Agents Or Informants Involved In Jan. 6 Riot

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― No undercover FBI agents were at the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, and no paid informants encouraged Donald Trump’s supporters to riot that day, according to a new report from a Department of Justice watchdog. “We found no evidence in the materials we reviewed or the testimony we received showing or suggesting that …

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1 week, 4 days ago

'Fedsurrection': Republicans' Jan. 6 infiltration claim debunked by official report

Raw Story

A report from the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General found "no evidence" to support the claims of Republican officials who alleged undercover FBI agents provoked the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In a comprehensive report released Thursday, the DOJ watchdog said it had reviewed evidence and testimony following the Jan. 6 riot, but there …

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No undercover FBI agents were at the January 6 US Capitol riot, watchdog reports

CNN

CNN — 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 Donald Trump who have for years suggested that the violence that day was provoked by federal agents. And after the riot, the report says, the FBI inaccurately told Congress that …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6, but no undercover agents at riot

LA Times

Rioters storm the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. That was a step, the report concluded, “that could have helped the FBI and its law enforcement partners with their preparations in advance of January 6.” The watchdog found that 26 FBI informants were in Washington for election-related protests on Jan. 6, and though four …

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No undercover FBI agents were at the January 6 US Capitol riot, watchdog reports

CNN

CNN — 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 Donald Trump who have for years suggested that the violence that day was provoked by federal agents. And after the riot, the report says, the FBI inaccurately told Congress that …

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6 months, 1 week ago

'There were bad actors there': Conspiracy-minded J6 families balking at blanket pardons

Raw Story

The promises Donald Trump has been making to do a mass pardoning of Jan. 6 rioters is getting pushback from surprising quarters with aides to the former president pushing for him to be selective and members of families believing it would hide the truth about who exactly was to blame for inciting the historic insurrection. As the Post's Isaac Arnsdorf …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Newly released Jan. 6 footage does not show a federal agent flashing his badge while undercover

Associated Press

CLAIM: Security camera footage from Jan. 6, 2021, shows a federal agent disguised as a supporter of then-President Donald Trump during the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The footage shows Kevin James Lyons, a Chicago man who was sentenced in July to more than four years in federal prison for his role in the attack. THE FACTS: After House Speaker …

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1 year, 5 months ago

FBI director shoots down ‘ludicrous’ January 6 conspiracy theory

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Veteran ‘enamored’ with Hitler gets 4 years for Capitol riot

Associated Press

A military veteran who told an undercover FBI agent about his admiration for Adolf Hitler and discussed a plan to “wipe out” the nation’s Jewish population was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden ordered Virginia resident Hatchet Speed to serve the four-year sentence after he completes a separate …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Jury in kidnap plot case hears about ride to Whitmer house

Associated Press

An FBI agent who was working undercover told jurors Friday that he accompanied two men on a night drive to see the Michigan governor’s vacation home, directly connecting the pair to a key step in an alleged plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. On the third day of testimony, Jonker also expressed frustration about the “ridiculous” pace of the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

FBI charges Tennessee man who attended insurrection with shooting at Knoxville federal building

Raw Story

The FBI has charged a Tennessee man who traveled to the Capitol Building during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection with shooting at a federal building in downtown Knoxville earlier this month. But I’m going to kill a bunch of them.” Mann has since confirmed Reno “was, in fact, present outside the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021,” the warrant stated. …

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2 years, 6 months ago

FBI: Naval reservist said he stormed Capitol with Proud Boys

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Naval reservist who was assigned to an agency that operates spy satellites told an undercover FBI agent that he stormed the U.S. Capitol with members of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and has espoused anti-government and antisemitic ideologies, federal authorities said in court records unsealed on Thursday. In March, Speed met with with an FBI …

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3 years, 5 months ago

FBI: Militia-style group surveilled Capitol weeks after riot

The Independent

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3 years, 5 months ago

FBI: Militia-style group surveilled Capitol weeks after riot

Associated Press

— A Virginia man charged with joining the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol told an undercover FBI agent that he belonged to a militia-style group and coordinated “surveillance efforts” on the same building more than a month after the riot, according to a court filing unsealed on Tuesday. The unsealed court filing says Duong’s first contact with undercover investigators …

Undercover Virginia Washington Group Fbi Capitol Riot

3 years, 10 months ago

Proud Boys leader was government informant, records show

Associated Press

The leader of the Proud Boys, who was arrested in Washington shortly before the Capitol riot, previously worked undercover and cooperated with investigators after he was accused of fraud in 2012, court documents show. Henry “Enrique” Tarrio helped law enforcement in a variety of investigations nearly a decade ago by providing information and going undercover, the records show. The Proud …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Proud Boys leader ‘prolific’ snitch for law enforcement: Reuters

Al Jazeera

Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, has a past as an informer for federal and local law enforcement, repeatedly working undercover for investigators after he was arrested in 2012, according to a former prosecutor and a transcript of a 2014 federal court proceeding obtained by Reuters. This rule says: “if the government believes that a …

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Undercover FBI agents had no role in U.S. Capitol attack: report

Justice Department Watchdog Finds No FBI Agents Or Informants Involved In Jan. 6 Riot

'Fedsurrection': Republicans' Jan. 6 infiltration claim debunked by official report

No undercover FBI agents were at the January 6 US Capitol riot, watchdog reports

Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6, but no undercover agents at riot

No undercover FBI agents were at the January 6 US Capitol riot, watchdog reports

'There were bad actors there': Conspiracy-minded J6 families balking at blanket pardons

Newly released Jan. 6 footage does not show a federal agent flashing his badge while undercover

FBI director shoots down ‘ludicrous’ January 6 conspiracy theory

Veteran ‘enamored’ with Hitler gets 4 years for Capitol riot

Jury in kidnap plot case hears about ride to Whitmer house

FBI charges Tennessee man who attended insurrection with shooting at Knoxville federal building

FBI: Naval reservist said he stormed Capitol with Proud Boys

FBI: Militia-style group surveilled Capitol weeks after riot

FBI: Militia-style group surveilled Capitol weeks after riot

Proud Boys leader was government informant, records show

Proud Boys leader ‘prolific’ snitch for law enforcement: Reuters