Overview

• Kash Patel told Fox News Digital that FBI personnel were sent in only after Metropolitan Police declared a riot to assist with crowd control, which he said violated bureau standards.
• An FBI representative said there is no evidence any agents were tied to the president’s Ellipse speech and noted initial arrivals to the Capitol area occurred around 2:30 p.m.
• Patel accused former Director Christopher Wray of failing to disclose the agents’ presence to Congress and pledged greater transparency from current leadership.
• A 2024 Justice Department inspector general report documented 26 confidential human sources at Jan. 6 and found no evidence of undercover employees instigating violence, with confusion persisting over plainclothes versus undercover roles.
• Trump cited a Blaze Media report claiming 274 embedded agents and suggested the DOJ may investigate Wray, as a GOP-led House panel continues to examine informants and agency actions on Jan. 6.