A Justice Department watchdog found that there were no undercover FBI employees at the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot, rejecting speculation from allies of President-elect Donald Trump who have for years suggested that the violence that day was provoked by federal agents.

The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot even though the bureau did prepare for the possibility of violence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a watchdog report

The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a watchdog report.

The FBI did not send undercover agents to participate in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and did not authorize its informants to enter the building or engage in violence, the U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog said on Thursday.

More than two dozen FBI informants attended the rally that Donald Trump held in January 2021, which preceded a riot at the US Capitol to stop the certification of the presidential election, according to a report by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog.

The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence from its informants before the Capitol riot, watchdog finds