To the surprise of no one, the FBI disclosed to Congress that there were 275 "plain clothes" agents interspersed with the crowd that gathered at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. That's right … 275 of them.
The news was broken by The Blaze, which offered new details on the long-suspected story:
The news comes in the wake of claims by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspector General that the FBI had no undercover personnel in the Jan. 6 crowds.
'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 crowds, or at the Capitol, on January 6,' the DOJ OIG said in an 88-page report released in December 2024.
This was a report released in the waning days of the Biden administration, mind you. In the years following the Jan 6 incident, speculation swirled about the role federal agents might have played in the "insurrection."
The FBI has repeatedly rebuffed attempts by Congress to determine the bureau's level of involvement in the Jan. 6 crowds, either by its own agents or confidential human sources, also known as informants.
The disclosure is unlikely to tamp down questions by former Jan. 6 defendants and others who have long questioned whether FBI personnel took part in, or at least incited, rioting in the crowds.
275 FBI agents.
Chalk up another win for the "conspiracy theorists."
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