A Justice Department watchdog review released Thursday found no proof the FBI had undercover employees among the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The review from DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s office looked at the FBI’s intelligence collection efforts and its handling of “confidential human sources” in the lead-up to the attack on the Capitol.
The findings stand in stark contrast to misinformation that FBI officials organized the attack. A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll taken last year found that a quarter of Americans say it is “definitely” or “probably” true that the agency instigated the Capitol attack.
