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Al Jazeera Staff

US watchdog cites FBI missteps but avoids blame in report on January 6 riot

Right-wing conspiracy theorists have spread rumours that the FBI was involved in triggering the violence of the US Capitol attack [Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo]

The United States Department of Justice has issued a report into the intelligence gathered in the lead-up to the 2021 attack on the US Capitol — and whether that evidence was properly handled to prevent violence.

Thursday’s 88-page report, issued by the office of Inspector General Michael Horowitz, zoomed in on the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), one of the US’s foremost domestic intelligence agencies.

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