By Steve Neavling
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, who is spreading debunked conspiracy theories about the FBI’s involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol, said the bureau is “going down.”
In an interview with right-wing commentator Lara Logan, the Louisiana Republican continued to advance his baseless theories about the FBI. This time, he claimed the FBI tracked Trump supporters just prior to the insurrection and treated them as terrorists.
He also claimed, without providing proof, that the FBI put those Trump supporters on a list, and they are still being tracked by U.S. marshals, despite not being convicted of a crime.
“We are in uncharted waters as it relates to the weaponization of our government against American people,” he said.
He added, “I am not frightened of these people.”
Higgins said, “They are not going to take us without a fight. I am going to fight legally and peacefully and within the parameters of the U.S. Constitution.
“But they’re going down. These men in their high perch and their position of power and authority that are walking upon our entire history, our deepest core principles. They’re not going to get away with it.”
During a congressional hearing last month, Higgins claimed the FBI had confidential informants who arrived in “ghost buses” at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
He asked Wray about the buses.
“These buses are nefarious in nature and were filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters, deployed onto our capital on January 6,” he said. “Your day is coming, Mr. Wray.”
Republicans have repeatedly claimed that the FBI was behind the Jan. 6 attack, a conspiracy theory that has been repeatedly debunked.
