FBI Director Kash Patel suggested that the American public will be both surprised and shocked by the forthcoming findings of the bureau regarding the potential presence of informants at the January 6 Capitol riots.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News’ chief political anchor Bret Baier on the Special Report program, Patel delved into the agency’s inquiries into the events surrounding the riots.
‘Questions have been raised about the events of January 6th, specifically about the possible involvement of FBI informants – not agents, but informants – during the Capitol unrest. I assured you that I would provide a definitive answer to this matter,’ Patel stated.
‘And we have, and we are in the process again of working with our partners to divulge that information – and it’s coming,’ he vowed.
He also noted that the answer about the FBI’s involvement in the Capitol riot may ‘surprise and shock people because of what past FBI leaders have said about it.’
Former FBI Director Christopher Wray had previously dodged questions from Congress about the agency’s role in the Capitol riots.
But a damning report released by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz last year found that the FBI had more than two dozen confidential human sources in the crowd outside the Capitol – and three were assigned by the bureau to be at the protest.
Of those three, one illegally entered the Capitol building, and the other two entered the restricted area around the Capitol.
The report also noted that none of the confidential sources were authorized to enter the Capitol or break the law or ‘encourage others to commit illegal acts.’
But, it claimed there was one confidential human source who was in contact with the leadership of far-right groups such as the Oath Keepers, and were aware of plans discussed by the Proud Boys to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Confidential human sources work with the FBI to offer information and insights about the inner workings of organizations threatening the country, such as criminal, terrorist and espionage networks.
According to the DOJ, these informants can be cashed out for the information they pass along to the feds.
When news of the report spread in December, Vice President JD Vance pointed out that none of those confidential human sources who entered the Capitol have been prosecuted.
‘For those keeping score at home, this was labeled a dangerous conspiracy theory months ago,’ he noted.
Now, however, Patel says the report – entitled the FBI’s Handling of its Confidential Human Sources and Intelligence Collection Efforts in the Lead Up to the Jan 6, 2021 Electoral Certification – is ‘definitely a piece of the truth.’
The FBI director was sworn in promising to increase transparency at the federal law enforcement agency, which he had previously accused of covering up its own crimes as he derided the agency as ‘one of the most cunning and powerful arms of the Deep State.’
Part of that goal, Patel told Baier Wednesday, was to give Americans the answers they ‘deserve.’
In that vein, he noted that there are also ‘answers coming’ in other investigations – including the pipe bombs placed outside of the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee just one day before the Capitol riot.
The FBI has previously released video of the alleged suspect from 2021. The latest video release, from January 2 of this year, shows grainy security camera video of the masked, hoodie-wearing suspect, who is difficult to identify.
Meanwhile, House Republicans released an 80-page report cataloguing ‘serious, and largely overlooked, security failure on January 6’ including the ‘delayed’ discovery of the bombs close to the two party headquarters buildings and the ‘chaotic response’ once they were found.
Patel’s number two at the bureau, Dan Bongino, has since claimed the bomb scare was an ‘inside job.’
‘I can say with almost absolute certainty from a whistleblower who was there who strongly believes it was a government contractor who planted those bombs to set up a fake assassination plot on Kamala Harris to basically generate sympathy, to shut down people from questioning the vote on January 6,’ Bongino said in a September episode of his podcast.
He then went on to reference questions raised by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, ticking through questions on his hand while recording the episode.
‘Videos are disappearing. Nobody seems to want to know who it is. Why would the FBI not want to know who it is? Because if they put out a video showing you who it is and someone recognizes them, this whole thing’s going to blow wide open,’ he claimed.
‘I’m telling you they are going to come out and say those pipe bombs are just a training exercise when they weren’t,’ Bongino continued.
‘I can’t trust anyone. I can’t trust anybody any more,’ he said, calling the pipe bomb attack ‘the biggest political scandal of our time.’
‘It is a story nobody wants to talk about, which is weird, because if the insurrection they claim is true, why wouldn’t Kamala Harris want to talk about nearly being killed by a pipe bomb during the insurrection?’ Bongino wondered.
‘Why does she not want to talk about this? Because my story is true. Those pipe bombs were put there as Plan A if the Republicans on certification day in front of an entire national media audience on the House floor … objected and started talking about the problems in the election,’ he said.
In addition to the two investigations related to the Capitol riots, Patel said the public will soon also have answers about the cocaine found in the White House during the Biden administration.
It was discovered just two days after recovering drug addict Hunter Biden had left with his father and family for their July 4th holiday weekend.
A Secret Service investigation into the drugs was closed in less than two weeks due to a ‘lack of evidence’ as security footage was not able to determine the owner.
‘Without physical evidence, the investigation will not be able to single out a person of interest from the hundreds of individuals who passed through the vestibule where the cocaine was discovered,’ it said in a statement.
The Biden family was away from Washington at the time of the discovery of the cocaine took place – and have repeatedly denied the drugs came from any of their family members.
New information will also be released about the FBI’s investigation into the alleged connections between Trump and Russia following the 2016 election, Patel said as DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that a contractor allegedly made false claims to Congress about the origins of the probe.
Nellie Ohr was first accused of falsely testifying to Congress in a newly declassified FBI document from 2019.
It claims she falsely testified that she did not have any knowledge of the investigation into Trump’s connections with Russia, and that she lied when she denied sharing her research on Russia with individuals outside of her company.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley now says she ‘showed contempt for congressional oversight and the American people.’
