FBI had 274 plainclothes agents in crowd at Capitol on J6 : report

A Congressional source confirmed to The Blaze that there were 274 plainclothes FBI agents embedded in the crowds at the Capitol on January 6.

The report, obtained by Just the News, revealed frustration expressed among FBI agents and personnel detailing how agents, without proper safety equipment or identification, were sent into an unsafe scenario. Many expressed, in comments to the after-action team, how the agency had become infected with political bias under former directors James Comey and Chris Wray.

One employee wrote, "The FBI should make clear to its personnel and the public that, despite its obvious political bias, it ultimately still takes its mission and priorities seriously. It should equally and aggressively investigate criminal activity regardless of the offenders' perceived race, political affiliations, or motivations; and it should equally and aggressively protect all Americans regardless of perceived race, political affiliations, or motivations."

The agent urged leadership "to identify viable exit options for FBI personnel who no longer feel it is legally or morally acceptable to support a federal law enforcement and intelligence agency motivated by political bias."

Another expressed concerns that "Currently, the US Attorneys office is dictating what it is that gets investigated. This is a dangerous precedent because we can barely get them to prosecute investigations that clearly meet thresholds needed for Federal prosecutions."

Employees criticized the agency’s response to the Capitol riot, with one writing, "Our response to the Capitol Riot reeks of political bias." Another wrote, "I wonder if our biases affected our preparedness."

Yet another wrote, "We have been used as pawns in a political war, and FBI leadership fell into the trap and has allowed it to happen."

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s spokesman Russell Dye told Just the News, "Due to our oversight, Chairman Loudermilk's leadership and Director Patel’s leadership, we continue to discover what exactly happened on Jan. 6."

Jan. 6 subcommittee chairman Barry Loudermilk said, "During the more than two years I have been investigating the events of January 6, I have seen evidence that suggests potential political bias within agencies that may have influenced their actions before, during, and after the events of January 6. But this report is more damning than anyone could have imagined and opens up even more questions."

"Why is Congress just finding out there were significantly more FBI assets at the Capitol than previously identified? 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? These are just a few of the questions my committee will be asking," he added.

The month before Trump returned to the White House, a report from then-DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded that there was no evidence to suggest that undercover FBI agents had participated in January 6, and that the FBI had not authorized any informants to enter the building or engage in violence, per Reuters.