U.S. Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) suggests that around “at least 200” covert federal agents were mingling within the January 6 crowd.
According to the congressman, some of these agents were allegedly “disguised as Trump supporters,” even reportedly present within the Capitol before it was breached.
“The FBI was not only involved in the actions on January 6th from within. They had, I suspect, over 200 agents embedded within the crowd, including agents or, as they would call it, human assets inside the Capitol dressed as Trump supporters before the doors were opened,” Higgins told Newsmax host Chris Salcedo.
Higgins mentioned that agents successfully penetrated online chat groups, forums, and social media platforms where discussions about protests against COVID measures and objections to the 2020 election were taking place.
“And when you track the text threads and the communications within those groups and find the origins of suggestions of potential violence or an active occupation of the Capitol on January 6th, you’ll find that those messages were led by members of the groups that ended up to be the FBI agents that had infiltrated the group,” Higgins said.
“So the FBI’s involvement was deep, not just on J6, but on the days and weeks and months prior.”
Earlier in the month, Higgins interrogated FBI Director Christopher Wray regarding the undercover agents present on January 6. Despite repeated inquiries, FBI officials have consistently declined to reveal the exact number of agents embedded in the crowd. However, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund mentioned that he was aware of approximately 30 to 40 FBI or DHS agents.
Higgins asked Wray about two busses that lacked identification, referring to them as “ghost busses,” a law enforcement term.
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“These (ghost) buses are nefarious in nature and were filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters, deployed onto our Capitol on Jan. 6,” Higgins said.
An obviously flustered Wray did not deny Higgins’ claim. Although he did testify that no FBI agents were involved in “the violence at the Capitol” on January 6.
