“If you are suggesting that the violence that happened at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was part of some operation orchestrated by FBI sources or FBI agents, the answer is ‘no, it was not.’'
plant who encouraged the pro-Trump mob to riot in order to stop Congress from certifying President Biden’s 2020 election win.has denied the allegations and insists he never worked for law enforcement. On Wednesday, he filed a lawsuit against Fox News, accusing the network of defamation for promoting the story that he’s an undercover agent who encouraged rioters to become violent.
He can be seen on video on Jan. 6 encouraging demonstrators to march with him and enter the Capitol. At one point he pushed past a police barricade into a restricted part of the Capitol grounds, but he also pleaded for restraint during another part of the video.“Ok, folks spread the word! As soon as the president is done speaking, we go to the Capitol. The Capitol is this direction,” he said on the video.
He was also seen on video the night of Jan. 5, 2021, asking other people to “go into the Capitol” the next day before others began chanting “Fed, Fed, Fed” at him.was an undercover agent has been fueled by the fact that he is not among the hundreds facing criminal charges stemming from the attack. Proponents of this theory say that’s because the Justice Department is protecting him.
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