An after-action report obtained by Just the News revealed that 274 FBI agents were present at or near the Capitol during January 6.
FBI agents sent complaints to the after-action team, detailing that the situation was unsafe and noting that the bureau had become politicized.
“We were once an apolitical organization, but I no longer see us as such looking from the ground up. We have been used as pawns in a political war, and FBI leadership fell into the trap and has allowed it to happen,” one anonymous agent commented. “We are supposed to call balls and strikes, regardless of political pressure, now we can’t even be trusted to be on the field.”
Another agent called upon leaders to “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,” Just the News reported.
The information builds upon a 2024 report from then-Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who found that more than two dozen confidential human sources were present in the crowd during the January 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol.
Three of the 26 confidential human sources were instructed to “report on specific domestic terrorism case subjects who were possibly attending the events of January 6.” One of the informants entered the Capitol, while the other two entered a restricted area surrounding the Capitol.
A document shared by the Select Subcommittee on January 6, chaired by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), explains that the 274 agents include those “that responded to the Capitol grounds as well as inside the Capitol, the pipe bombs, and the red truck that was believed to contain explosive devices as well as CDC/ADCs.”
