Grassley, Johnson Press Doj Ig to respond to whether “unlucky” agents are present on January 6

ExclusiveSens. Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley They are demanding information from the Ministry of Public Justice inspector on whether any secret or “non -specific” human sources from the Ministry of Justice agencies behind the FBI were in the Capitol or around it on January 6, 2021.

In 2024, Inspector General Michael Horwitz revealed his presence More than twenty secret human sources of the Federal Investigation Office In the crowd outside the Capitol on January 6, 2021, only three were appointed by the office to be present for this event.

One of the three secret human sources assigned by the FBI to attend the gathering I entered the Capitol buildingThe other two entered the bound area around the Capitol. If a secret humanitarian source is directed to a specific event, it will be paid by the FBI for its time.

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In this report, Horwitz said that none of the sources have not been delegated or directed by the FBI to “break the law” or “encourage others to commit illegal actions.”

In December, after the issuance of the Horwitz report, the Grassley, R-R-LOWA, Johnson, R-Wis, information about whether they were using secret human sources from the Ministry of Justice agencies behind the FBI on January 6, 2021.

In a letter on April 7, which was obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital, Horwitz informed the members of the Senate that he had found no evidence of alcohol, tobacco office, firearms and explosives (ATF), or the Anti -Narcotics Administration (DeA), or the prison office published on the human resources that were published in Washington, on Washington, DC, Ali. January 6, 2021.

“We can confirm that the alcohol office, tobacco, firearms and explosives (ATF), the Drug Control Administration (DEA), the US Marshal (USMS) service, and the Federal Prison Office (BOP) had no secret employees in Washington, DC on January 6 regarding the events of January 6,“ Horwitz wrote in his reaction. “This includes the Capitol or around it or in the restricted area of ​​the Capitol.”

“We can also emphasize that ATF, Dea, USMS and BOP did not have any important CSS in Washington, DC on January 6 regarding the events of January 6,” Horwitz continued. “This includes the Capitol or around it or in the restricted area of ​​the Capitol.”

However, Horwitz could not say categorically whether any of these agencies “had no” unparalleled “human sources – or those who traveled their own initiative – on January 6, 2021.

“With regard to whether any law enforcement components in the Ministry of Labor, unlike the FBI, had no uniforms in Washington, DC on January 6 regarding the events of January 6, unlike the FBI, we do not have information at this time with regard to ATF, DEA, USMS, or BOP that was conducted after Jananuary 6 Canvass to determine which CHSS obtained that has been obtained On that.

Horwitz Grassley and Johnson told that after talks with their Senate staff on this issue, the Office of the Ministry of Justice Inspector General inquires with these agencies more about whether they have any information to indicate whether any of their secret human sources in Washington, DC, “in its initiative (not allocated) for events on January 6.”

“We will complete this response when we receive this information,” Horwitz wrote.

Grassley and Johnson, in a letter to Horwat, obtained by Fox News Digitter exclusively, demanded that this information be provided, saying that his investigative work seems to be “tightly focused” on the FBI’s use of the CHSS only, and said that his response to “Chos is not owned by the components of other Ministry of Defense other than FBI” was “less specific”.

In addition, Grassley and Johnson are calling for more information about secret human sources, noting that the term “secret factor” can mean many things.

Grassley and Johnson are now repeating their request to obtain information about whether “any federal law enforcement components, including the FBI, Dea, USMS, or BOP, have made employees or contractors wearing civilian clothes in the Washington area of ​​DC in the Capitol Building; and in the banned J6 areas in an official or non -article capacity.”

Meanwhile, Grassley and Johnson asked, in December, also whether Horwitz had been carefully reviewed Classified and non -classified communications Between treatments and their sources, they warn that without this review, there may be a “large blind spot” in its results.

In his message to Senate members, Horwitz said that he reviewed “the relevant parts of CHS files in the electronic records system at the CHS” and obtained “relevant parts of these files”, including text messages, photography and video.

Horowitz said that he received documentary email messages Washington Field Investigation Office Communications with important CHS CHS processors, emails for the factors of dealing with the “non -neglected” CHS who contacted Washington Field Office during the events of January 6, 2021.

“We have put a sign of some of the additional documents that will be produced, including 1023s, documenting unauthorized illegal activity (which was born a negative response), and approvals on important CHSS, and some basic text messages and images referred Chaos from FBI.

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“As with all reviews, we sought information that was more related to our review, and one of its aspects was to confirm the absence of the FBI, or the FBI headquarters, or WFO employees, any CHS authorized to engage in illegal activity on January 6, 2021,” given this scope, and the fact that Oig did not receive any information indicating that any individual processing factor has communications other than Distinguished with CHS, Oig requested and reviewed the relevant text messages between processing agents and CHSS, but did not ask all text messages for all CHSS 26 and their mentors. ”

Horwitz explained that for many secret human sources in Washington, DC on January 6, “handling agents did not know the presence of Chos in Washington, DC, even after the events of that day.”

“We also note that in hundreds of judicial prosecutions that occurred in relation to the events in the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the wide discovery that occurred during these prosecutions, we do not realize that anyone (or any other person) has provided text messages to anyone else indicating that there is any person from the FBI (young) 6, 2021,” Horwitz books.

But Grassley and Johnson say that Horwitz’s response is short, noting that “he did not ask all text messages for all CHS 26 and their treatments.”

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“It is time for the past time, as the American people have received transparency and clear insurance regarding the full extent of the Ministry of Justice and the participation of components agencies in the events of J6,” Grasley and Johnson told Fox News Digital in a joint statement. “The Inspector General must be accurate in his approach and sheds light on every corner of the section he supervises.”

“We expect Horwitz to bring the final to this investigation through complete compliance with our requests,” added Grassley and Johnson.

A spokesman for Horwitz immediately did not respond to the Fox News Digital request for comment.