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

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.

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