George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, following the release of a new report, said Thursday that there were “more questions than answers” about FBI informants at the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol building.
Hundreds of people stormed the Capitol building during the certification of the electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021. The FBI made more than 1,500 arrests related to the riot, according to a report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz. Turley said that the presence of informants who were not told to be there would be of interest to defense attorneys.
“Well, in some ways, it raises more questions than answers. It does support [FBI Director Christopher] Wray’s testimony that there were no undercover agents in the crowd. I think that for others, there is going to be a lot of concern as to what the sources were doing there,” Turley told Fox News host Martha MacCallum.
“Only three of them were told to be there. The question is, really, these other people,” Turley said. “We’ve had cases in the past where the defense has argued that sources and agents have been extremely active in pushing people towards criminal conduct. We saw those allegations raised in the Michigan case involving the governor there.”