Flashback: Former agent confirms FBI had informants at Jan. 6 riot

Flashback: Former agent confirms FBI had informants at Jan. 6 riot

by WorldTribune Staff, November 20, 2023 [Editor’s note: The U.S. Department of Justices is coming under increased scrutiny. WorldTribune.com reported on Sunday that newly released video footage from the Jan. 6, 2021 protest showed police appearing to incite a peaceful crowd by firing rubber bullets and stun grenades while, inside the Capitol, police greeted and […]

Former agent testifies FBI had informants at Jan. 6 riot, confirms whistleblower accounts

Former agent testifies FBI had informants at Jan. 6 riot, confirms whistleblower accounts

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2023 The FBI not only had paid informants at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but had so many of them that it lost track and later had to perform an audit to determine exactly how many “Confidential Human Sources” run by different FBI field offices were present that day, […]

Whistleblower: FBI brass signaled agency to hide Jan. 6 confidential informants from public

Whistleblower: FBI brass signaled agency to hide Jan. 6 confidential informants from public

by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2023 Top brass at the FBI said that the identities of “problematic” confidential informants who were involved in reporting to the bureau from the Jan. 6, 2021 protest should be kept from the public, a whistleblower told the House Judiciary Committee. The whistleblower, an FBI agent, told the committee that […]

Whistleblower: FBI Deputy Director threatened agents who questioned investigative response to Jan. 6

Whistleblower: FBI Deputy Director threatened agents who questioned investigative response to Jan. 6

by WorldTribune Staff, June 26, 2023 Agents who questioned the FBI’s investigative response to the Jan. 6, 2021 protest at the U.S. Capitol were threatened with losing their jobs, according to whistleblower testimony. The unnamed FBI whistleblower states in an affidavit that was delivered to Congress that Deputy Director Paul Abbate made the threats during […]