Trump claims FBI agents incited January 6 Capitol riot

US President Donald Trump has claimed that FBI agents were involved in incitement during the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump stated that 274 FBI agents were present at the Capitol that day. He alleged that they likely acted as “agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as “Law Enforcement Officials,” calling it a “violation of all rules, norms, protocols, and standards,” Caliber.Az reports.

“I want to know who each and every one of these so-called ‘Agents’ are, and what they were up to on that now ‘Historic’ Day,” Trump posted.

The allegation originates from a September 25 report by The Blaze, citing an unnamed congressional source, which asserted the FBI deployed 274 plainclothes agents "embedded" in the crowds during the riot. The outlet referenced a 50-page FBI after-action report provided to the House Oversight Committee, but the document—publicly available since a 2024 Justice Department Inspector General (IG) review—does not support claims of pre-riot infiltration or undercover agitation.

Instead, the document details that the agents were part of a post-breach law enforcement response, including efforts to locate pipe bombs planted near the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters the night before, and to manage the escalating violence after protesters breached barriers around 1 p.m.

By Khagan Isayev