FBI Had Detailed J6 Warnings of Armed Conflict, Did Nothing: Rep Loudermilk [WATCH]

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), chairman of the House Judiciary subcommittee investigating law enforcement failures related to January 6, 2021, said Friday that multiple FBI confidential informants warned the bureau in advance about the potential for armed conflict at the U.S. Capitol, but the intelligence was not acted upon or shared widely enough to alter security preparations.

Loudermilk told Just the News that he reviewed the informant reports and found they contained detailed and consistent warnings weeks before the events of January 6.

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The reports, he said, came from approximately two dozen confidential human sources embedded in extremist organizations across the country.

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Many of those sources were reportedly in Washington, D.C., on the day of the riot to continue assisting the FBI.

“I was surprised that we found this significant intelligence that was derived from these people embedded in these organizations,” Loudermilk said in an interview on Just the News, No Noise.

“There is no way that at least the Washington Field Office or the FBI headquarters was not aware that there were elements, not the entire crowd. There were elements of people coming to Washington, D.C., with the intent of attacking the Capitol of the United States.”

Loudermilk credited FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi for allowing him access to the classified informant reports, which he said raised new questions about whether intelligence had been withheld or improperly handled before the riot.

“We’re really having a hard time finding really any tangible reports that were sent to the Capitol Police or other agencies,” he said.

“And so my question is, what did they know? When did they know it, and what did they do with the information?”

The Georgia congressman said the FBI received reports from multiple field offices across the nation warning that violence was likely at the Capitol and that certain groups were planning an armed attack.

“They had to know that there was something not only bad going to happen,” he said.

“The reports coming from these confidential human sources, not just one, but multiple sources from multiple organizations across multiple field offices across the nation, were reporting the same thing.”

According to Loudermilk, the informants’ warnings included explicit references to plans for violence against law enforcement or lawmakers during the certification of the 2020 election results.

“There were elements, not every group that was there, but there were certain groups that were planning on an armed attack of the Capitol, and even against law enforcement if they got in the way,” he said.

“It was, again, from several different places across the United States, and reported to several different field offices.”

A 2023 report from the Department of Justice’s Inspector General revealed that the FBI had as many as 26 confidential informants embedded within the crowd on January 6.

Those informants, according to the report, had passed along warnings to agents about potential violence by groups including the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

Loudermilk said his review of the documents confirmed those accounts and added new details about other threats identified before the event.

He also disclosed that informants had warned the FBI about the possibility that members of Antifa would be embedded within the crowds.

“The answer is yes, there was concerns that Antifa would be embedded within the crowds there,” Loudermilk said.

“There were several references, again, not just isolated to one, but several different field offices, different organizations that were reporting that they had heard that Antifa would be embedded within the crowd.”

FBI officials confirmed to Just the News that the bureau received warnings from its informants about the potential for armed conflict and the possible presence of Antifa.

The bureau has since shared those reports with Congress and is working to declassify them for public release.

Loudermilk said the intelligence he reviewed indicated that the warnings should have prompted greater security preparations and possibly even reconsideration of President Donald Trump’s speech at the Ellipse that morning.

“If they would have passed along this level of intelligence, if they would have shared that level of intelligence, would it have changed the security posture to the extent where President Trump would not have come out and given his speech at the Ellipse?” he asked.

Capitol Police officials have previously stated they were not given advance warning of credible threats of violence.

Internal intelligence assessments, according to Just the News, described the January 6 rally as expected to mirror prior peaceful events, leading to a reduced security presence and rejection of then–Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund’s request for National Guard support.

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Loudermilk said the newly reviewed FBI intelligence makes clear that stronger security measures should have been in place.

“There should have been even more security put in place. The National Guard should have been at the Capitol the first time Chief of Police Steven Sund requested it, just based on that information,” he said.

He added that the informants acted responsibly by warning the FBI and continuing to provide updates before, during, and after January 6.

“They are all reporting the same thing, and it’s just not prior to January 6,” Loudermilk said.

“Some of them are reporting during January 6 and post reporting. They continue to report what was going on, which increases their credibility, in my opinion, that they were trying to do the right thing.”

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