A newly released FBI after-action report has revealed that the bureau deployed hundreds of undercover agents to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
However, the previously sealed report shows that many of the FBI agents later admitted they were unsure of their mission or why they were even there.
According to the bombshell report, obtained by Just the News, a total of 274 FBI agents from the agency’s Washington Field Office were present in and around the Capitol on January 6.
That included personnel deployed to the Capitol grounds, inside the building itself, and to investigate the pipe bombs and a red truck believed to contain explosives.
The report, recently sent to the House Judiciary Committee by FBI Director Kash Patel, indicates widespread frustration among agents who felt ill-equipped and unprepared for riot control.
“The initial response of having us again respond to a riot by ‘standing the line’ did not seem appropriate because we do not have the gear, equipment, or training for riot control,” one agent wrote.
Another echoed the same concerns, stating:
“As in June, agents were again deployed onto the streets (specifically around the Capitol) and simply told to stand behind MPD.
“No other direction,” they noted,
“When asked specifically what they were supposed to do or who to check in with, they were told simply that management said to go there, and there was no answer.
“FBI agents do not have training for, nor equipment for, riot control.”
The sheer number of FBI agents present has sparked new questions from congressional investigators.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who chairs a House Judiciary subcommittee on January 6, demanded answers.
“Why is Congress just finding out there were significantly more FBI assets at the Capitol than previously identified?” Loudermilk asked.
“Were the courts that heard cases regarding January 6 made aware these agents were at the Capitol?
“Were any of the agents tasked to investigate individuals at the Capitol?
‘Were they ever called to testify during the prosecutions of J6 defendants?
“Did any of the former FBI leaders testify about the additional personnel at the Capitol?”
Republicans have long pressed the bureau over what it knew and how it responded during the riot.
An Inspector General’s report previously revealed that the FBI had at least 26 informants in Washington, D.C., on January 6, some of whom themselves committed offenses.
The new report also contained sharp criticism from agents who said the bureau’s response to January 6 was politicized.
One agent wrote that questions were being raised in “my community” about the “different responses” to the 2020 riots compared with Jan. 6.
“We were once an apolitical organization, but I no longer see us as looking from the ground up.
“We have been used as pawns in a political war, and FBI leadership fell into the trap and has allowed it to happen.
“We are supposed to call balls and strikes, regardless of political pressure; now we can’t even be trusted to be on the field,” the agent said.
Another agent went further, blasting the bureau’s double standard:
“The actions on January 6, 2021, were absolutely despicable and unacceptable in a civilized society.
“What is even more unacceptable was the hypocrisy displayed by the FBI and its leadership in their attempt to go after those involved in the Capitol Riots, while we as agents watched cities burn across America during the summer of 2020.”
The revelations add fresh fuel to Republican accusations that the FBI has been weaponized for political purposes and that its leadership treated left-wing violence with kid gloves while aggressively pursuing Jan. 6 defendants.
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