Kash Patel Vows To Reveal Jan. 6 FBI Bombshell That Will ‘Surprise and Shock People’

FBI Director Kash Patel promised that new revelations about the agency’s presence at the January 6 Capitol riots will “surprise and shock” Americans, as political scrutiny over the event enters a new chapter under Republican leadership.

Speaking to Fox News anchor Bret Baier in a Wednesday interview on Special Report, Patel teased the imminent release of a long-awaited report examining whether FBI informants were present at the Capitol during the riots.

Patel said: “People have had questions about January 6 and whether or not there were FBI sources, not agents, sources on the ground during January 6. And I told you I would get you the definitive answer to that and we have. And we are in the process, again, of working with our partners to divulge that information. It is coming.”

“I will tell you this answer will surprise and shock people because of what past FBI leaders have said about it,” he added.

Baier pressed Patel for more: “Former FBI leader Chris Wray eventually admitted to Congress there were 26 FBI confidential human sources in and around the Capitol on January 6, but not actual agents. Can you say that’s true? Are there more than that? What are you learning from that?”

The FBI director replied: “I can say that’s definitely a piece of the truth. Why it took a ton of time in questioning in Congress for the director to get that point is what I’m trying to eliminate from the FBI. If Congress asks you a question under oath, whether or not there were sources, in and around January 6 at the Capitol. You as the FBI director need to know that and not to deflect and give a D.C. answer. You have to be prepared for that. That’s the answer we are giving. That’s the answer that Chris Wray should have given.”

“And eventually everybody is going to know the whole picture?” the journalist followed up.

“Yeah. Because the American people deserve that,” Patel replied.

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