FBI Director Kash Patel has promised a bombshell revelation about the role of his agency in the events at the Capitol on 6 January 2021, adding that it will “surprise and shock” Americans.
Speaking to Fox News’s Bret Baier on Wednesday, Patel announced the long-awaited release of a report into the presence and role of FBI informants at the Capitol on 6 January 2021.
Patel told Baier, “People have had questions about January 6 and whether or not there were FBI sources, not agents, sources on the ground during January 6. And I told you I would get you the definitive answer to that and we have. And we are in the process, again, of working with our partners to divulge that information. It is coming.”
“I will tell you this answer will surprise and shock people because of what past FBI leaders have said about it,” Patel added.
Baier went on to press Patel to explain more about the role of FBI informants at the Capitol, especially in light of former director Christopher Wray’s admission to Congress that there were 26 confidential human sources at the Capitol on that fateful day.
Patel replied, “I can say that’s definitely a piece of the truth. Why it took a ton of time in questioning in Congress for the director to get that point is what I’m trying to eliminate from the FBI. If Congress asks you a question under oath, whether or not there were sources, in and around January 6 at the Capitol. You as the FBI director need to know that and not to deflect and give a D.C. answer. You have to be prepared for that. That’s the answer we are giving. That’s the answer that Chris Wray should have given.”
When asked whether the American people would get “to know the whole picture?” Patel replied “Yes,” and said the American people “deserve” it.