The FBI had no undercover agents among the crowd that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, nor did it instruct any of its informants to participate in the riot or break the law, according to a report released Thursday by the Justice Department’s inspector general.
The Justice Department sent a clear signal Wednesday to defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol: Accepting a pardon from former President Donald Trump would amount to an acknowledgment of their guilt.
Donald Trump’s return to power is expected to halt the prosecution of many who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is “likely the largest single day mass assault of law enforcement officers in our nation’s history,” said Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
A quarter of Americans have fallen for the baseless conspiracy theory that the FBI “probably” or “definitely” orchestrated the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Ray Epps, a former Marine who has been falsely accused by Republicans and Fox News of being an FBI informant, was charged for his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Two former Proud Boy leaders on Thursday received some of the longest sentences handed down as a result of the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Four more members of the far-right group Oath Keepers were sentenced to prison on charges of seditious conspiracy and other criminal counts for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
