Close Menu
Trending Politics Conservative News and Commentary
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Commentary
  • Download Trending Politics News App
  • Shop Here
Facebook X (Twitter)
Trending Politics Conservative News and Commentary
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Commentary
  • Download Trending Politics News App
  • Shop Here
Trending Politics Conservative News and Commentary

FBI Lost Track Of Paid Informants In Jan 6 Crowd Because They Had So Many, Former Washington Field Office Chief Says

Cullen McCueSeptember 19, 2023Updated:September 20, 2023 Commentary
Facebook Twitter Email

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had so many informants and undercover operatives in the crowd during the January 6 Capitol protests that they lost count and ultimately needed an audit to determine the exact number, according to Steven D’Antuono, who previously served as the head of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.

D’Antuono has testified behind closed doors to the House Judiciary Committee that the Washington Field Office knew that a number of informants would be in attendance for the rally. He was not aware of the presence of informants from additional FBI field offices across the country, however, according to a report from the New York Post.

The Washington field office ultimately had to ask FBI headquarters “to do a poll or put out something to people saying w[ere] any confidential human sources involved,” in order to determine how prevalent the bureau’s presence was at the Capitol. “We started getting responses back” from FBI headquarters, D’Antuono said, which helped to determine which field offices had assets present in the crowd.

One paid informant from the Kansas City field office was in communication with his FBI handler as the crowd began to enter the building. “While they were in the crowd, I think, saying that they were going in,” D’Antuono recalled.

The former leading FBI official did not provide an exact number when testifying before lawmakers about the findings of the audit, saying only that a “handful” of informants were in the crowd.

In total, the FBI spends more than 42-million-dollars a year on Confidential Human Sources, according to an analysis from the DOJ Office of Inspector General. The inspector general’s office has raised concerns about the vetting process for CHS assets in the past, the New York Post reported.

FBI lost count of how many paid informants were at Capitol on Jan. 6 — later performed audit to figure out exact number: ex-official https://t.co/cpvocdDlwz pic.twitter.com/REugRCVmu5

— New York Post (@nypost) September 19, 2023

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) penned a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday in which he described D’Antuono’s testimony as “extremely concerning.”

The former Washington field office chief’s statements suggests that “the FBI cannot adequately track the activities and operations of its informants, and that it lost control of its CHSs present at the Capitol on January 6,” Jordan wrote. “These revelations reinforce existing concerns, identified by Special Counsel [John] Durham, about the FBI’s use of, and payment to, CHSs who have fabricated evidence and misrepresented information,” the letter continued.

“The Justice Department Inspector General also identified critical problems in the FBI’s CHS program,” Jordan continued. “Including the FBI’s failure to fully vet CHSs and the FBI’s willingness to ignore red flags that would call into question an informant’s reliability.”

Wray has repeatedly denied Congressional requests to provide a full accounting of the bureau’s presence on January 6, stating that doing so would violate the bureau’s policies on handling of Confidential Human Sources.

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund recently told Tucker Carlson that the FBI had at least 18 paid informants in the crowd that day, while the Department of Homeland Security had at least 20.



Share. Facebook Twitter Email

More Trending Politics and News

Megyn Kelly SHREDS Don Lemon In Hilarious Segment

WATCH: Slain Officer Diller’s Family Shares Touching Trump Story From His Wake

Oscar-Winning ‘An Officer And A Gentleman’ Star Passes Away

news picture


Sign up for our daily newsletter!


enter your email below!
Hidden

Next Steps: Sync an Email Add-On

To get the most out of your form, we suggest that you sync this form with an email add-on. To learn more about your email add-on options, visit the following page (https://www.gravityforms.com/the-8-best-email-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2020/). Important: Delete this tip before you publish the form.
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.


Download our news app and use promo code ILMF (mobile users only)





Whatfinger
More Trending Politics

El Paso Judge Orders Texas To Release Illegal Aliens Accused Of Taking Part In Border Riot

WATCH: Pro-Palestine Protesters Take Over Easter Church Service In NYC

Trump Blasts Biden for Declaring Easter a ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’

White House Bans ‘Religious Symbols’ From Annual Easter Egg Decorating Event

Trending Politics Premium Newsletter

Get breaking and trending politics news in your inbox, don't ever miss a story!

Hidden

Next Steps: Sync an Email Add-On

To get the most out of your form, we suggest that you sync this form with an email add-on. To learn more about your email add-on options, visit the following page (https://www.gravityforms.com/the-8-best-email-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2020/). Important: Delete this tip before you publish the form.
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Sitemap
  • Affiliate Disclosure
  • Partners
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
© 2024 Trending Politics News.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.