Overview

• Patel pledged to deliver a definitive account of FBI confidential human sources present during the January 6 riot.
• He warned that the findings may "surprise and shock" Americans given past statements by former bureau leadership.
• Last December’s DOJ inspector general report confirmed 26 confidential sources at the Capitol, though only three were formally assigned by the FBI.
• According to the report, one of those three informants entered the building and two others accessed the restricted perimeter.
• Patel framed the disclosure as part of a wider transparency push that also includes updates on pipe bombs outside party offices, White House cocaine and Russia-related investigations.