Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) used a Fox News interview to suggest that the FBI played a role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, raising his voice while promoting conservative grievances during his appearance on Sunday Morning Futures with host Maria Bartiromo.
Rather than addressing allegations that President Donald Trump has manipulated the legal system, Jordan focused on the House Judiciary Committee’s investigations into what he described as abuses of power by federal law enforcement agencies.
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Jordan praised FBI Director Kash Patel for his cooperation with the committee, in contrast to previous agency leadership, and then pivoted to controversial claims about government actions. “We still have answers there,” he insisted, raising his voice. “Why were you investigating moms and dads showing up to speak up for their kids at a school board meeting?”
He also brought up concerns over a now-withdrawn FBI memorandum, saying, “The Catholic memorandum in the Richmond field office, where they said if you’re a pro-life Catholic, that somehow you’re an extremist.” Jordan then delved into conspiracy theories regarding the Jan. 6 attack, claiming without evidence that FBI informants played a key role.
“We’ve asked for information regarding the 26 confidential human sources!” he exclaimed. “To me, this is huge. Twenty-six confidential human sources were there on January 6th, 2021. Seventeen entered restricted space.” He continued, “Four went inside the Capitol. They weren’t authorized to do that.
Two of the four who went inside the Capitol were actually asked to be there that day by our FBI at the time, Christopher Wray. We got all kinds of questions.” Jordan pressed further, questioning the informants’ involvement. “What were they doing? How much were they paid? How did they go in the Capitol? Did they go through a broken window? Were they the first to enter?”
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The congressman also suggested, without evidence, that the pipe bombs planted at the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters were part of a coordinated scheme. “There’s a ton of questions I think the American people want answers to, not to mention who planted the pipe bombs,” he said. “That’s another issue!”
Jordan then pivoted to a different allegation, adding, “Not to mention Iran hacking into President Trump’s campaign. So we’ve asked for all this!” A government investigation previously found that no FBI agents participated in the Jan. 6 riot and that informants present at the event were not acting under agency orders. However, Jordan’s claims suggest that Republican lawmakers continue to push theories that contradict official findings.
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