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(160,898 posts) Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:44 AM Yesterday

Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls it "appalling" that Trump accused FBI of putting agents in crowd on Jan. 6

Source: CBS News

September 28, 2025 / 4:45 PM EDT

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, said Sunday that she finds it "appalling" that President Trump alleged that the FBI had placed agents into the crowd as "agitators" during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. "They were brought in because we needed help," Klobuchar said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

The president posted on social media on Saturday that the FBI "secretly placed" 274 FBI agents into the crowd "just prior to, and during, the January 6th Hoax." Former FBI Director Chris Wray "has some major explaining to do,"Mr. Trump added, referring to the way Wray has previously characterized the bureau's actions that day. The president's comments appeared to come in response to a report Thursday from right-leaning media.

"That's right, as it now turns out, FBI Agents were at, and in, the January 6th Protest, probably acting as Agitators and Insurrectionists, but certainly not as 'Law Enforcement Officials,'" Mr. Trump said.

A report from the Office of the Inspector General released late last year outlined that its review found no evidence "showing or suggesting that the FBI had undercover employees in the various protest crowds, or at the Capitol" on Jan. 6, 2021.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-klobuchar-trump-fbi-january-6-face-the-nation/

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls it "appalling" that Trump accused FBI of putting agents in crowd on Jan. 6 (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Having only a 4th grade vocabulary Trump will have to look that word up in a dictionary- riversedge Yesterday #1

Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Trump administration's prosecutions are "weaponizing the Justice Department" - Face the Nation Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #2

Said it before, will say it again bottomofthehill Yesterday #3

Trump routinely peddles utter nonsense. But it contains important information nevertheless Glorious bastard Yesterday #4

Appalling, but not surprising. tanyev Yesterday #5

MaddowBlog-It's not just Comey: Trump eyes case against Chris Wray, the other FBI director he ousted LetMyPeopleVote 17 hrs ago #6

riversedge

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1. Having only a 4th grade vocabulary Trump will have to look that word up in a dictionary-

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:52 AM

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I wish some FBI agents that were involved could sue Mr. Trump.

Rhiannon12866

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2. Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Trump administration's prosecutions are "weaponizing the Justice Department" - Face the Nation

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:52 AM

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Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the Trump administration is "weaponizing the Justice Department" after it indicted former FBI Director James Comey. It followed the forced resignation of prosecutor Eric Siebert after he was accused of failing to bring a case against New York Attorney General Letitia James. - Aired on 09/28/2025.

bottomofthehill

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3. Said it before, will say it again

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 05:12 AM

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On January 6th, American Democracy was saved by law enforcement. There are a few whiney FBI agents that are not happy they were told to deploy to the Capitol to save democracy, and to them I say too bad you are sad, but thank you for doing your job and following your oath “ I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God

Glorious bastard

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4. Trump routinely peddles utter nonsense. But it contains important information nevertheless

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 07:23 AM

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It offers clues of what he is going to do next. FBI agents, beware!

tanyev

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5. Appalling, but not surprising.

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:17 AM

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LetMyPeopleVote

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6. MaddowBlog-It's not just Comey: Trump eyes case against Chris Wray, the other FBI director he ousted

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:56 PM

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After targeting one former FBI director he forced out, Trump raised the prospect of an investigation into a different former FBI director he forced out.

On Thursday, Trump orchestrated a criminal indictment against one former FBI director he unjustly forced out (James Comey).

A couple of days later, he raised the prospect of a DOJ investigation into *another* former FBI director he unjustly forced out (Chris Wray). www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-09-29T12:01:55.259Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/s-not-just-comey-trump-eyes-case-chris-wray-fbi-director-ousted-rcna234393

But Trump’s online harangue about this nonsense went further than just the usual misinformation. From the president’s missive published to his social media platform:

It was just revealed that the FBI had secretly placed, against all Rules, Regulations, Protocols, and Standards, 274 FBI Agents into the Crowd just prior to, and during, the January 6th Hoax. This is different from what Director Christopher Wray stated, over and over again! That’s right, as it now turns out, FBI Agents were at, and in, the January 6th Protest, probably acting as Agitators and Insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘Law Enforcement Officials.’ ... Christopher Wray, the then Director of the FBI, has some major explaining to do. That’s two in a row, Comey and Wray, who got caught LYING, with our Great Country at stake. WE CAN NEVER LET THIS HAPPEN TO AMERICA AGAIN!

Again, the details Trump presented as fact are, in reality, entirely fictional. But pay particular attention to the fact that the president specifically took aim at Wray — the former FBI director he appointed, before ultimately pushing him out without cause — explicitly (and falsely) arguing that Wray lied about what happened on Jan. 6.

A day later, Trump told NBC News that he believes Wray engaged in “inappropriate” behavior during his tenure at the bureau and said he “would think” the Justice Department is investigating him.

“I would imagine. I would certainly imagine. I would think they are doing that,” Trump said when he was asked whether the Justice Department should investigate Wray.

In other words, the president on Thursday successfully orchestrated a criminal indictment against one former FBI director he forced out (James Comey), and a couple of days later, the same president raised the prospect of a Justice Department investigation into a different former FBI director he forced out (Chris Wray).

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