The new IG report on January 6th may raise more questions than answers. It confirms that confidential sources did indeed enter the Capitol and restricted areas. The question is whether the presence of these sources were revealed to the defense in the hundreds of prosecutions...
...Moreover, there is a question of why the three sources who entered the Capitol were not charged as part of an operation that the Justice Department described as an effort to "shock and awe" targeting everyone involved on that day...
...The IG found that most of these individuals were there without any instructions or requests from the government. However, as paid sources for the FBI, the question is what they did on that day...
...The IG suggests that they were not engaged in the core criminal conduct prosecuted on that day. Yet, if revealed to the defense, including hundreds who pleaded guilty, defense counsel would not just take the government's word for what these sources did on that day...
...Given the many hearings and inquiries from Congress, it is likely that House committees will have additional questions on what is known about the role or conduct of these sources.
...In the end, this report does not find specific wrongdoing or direction from sources in the rioting on January 6th. It also does not find that any undercover agents were working in the crowd. That will bolster testimony given by Wray. The Congress however is likely to seek more information on these sources and their conduct on the day.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
