A high-ranking Justice Department official who once helped lead the investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is now spearheading an effort to identify and scrutinize the very prosecutors and FBI agents who worked on those cases.
A Tennessee man convicted in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot is arguing that former President Trump’s broad pardon of Jan. 6 defendants should also cover his later plot to attack FBI agents
The FBI has provided the Justice Department with names of employees who worked on January 6-related cases after a tense standoff over protecting agent identities.
A top Justice Department official assured FBI agents they wouldn’t be fired for working on Jan. 6 investigations and accused bureau leaders of insubordination for initially refusing to release their names.
President Trump has granted pardons, commutations, or case dismissals for every person charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.
Shane Lamond, a former intelligence officer with the Metropolitan Police in Washington, D.C. was convicted on Monday for providing sensitive information to a leader of the Proud Boys.
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.
