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Merrick Garland says 'I don't know' when asked how many FBI informants were at January 6 - after former assistant director's bombshell claim bureau had MULTIPLE confidential sources involved in the Capitol Riot

2023-09-21

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a House hearing Wednesday he did not know whether there were government informants present at the Capitol on January 6 – after a former top FBI official testified there were informants there and the feds had to scramble to determine how many.

Garland repeated his answer when getting grilled by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.

Massie asked the AG how many government agents or assets were present on or around January 6, also referencing his own earlier inquiry about people 'agitating in the crowd.'

'I don't know the answer to that question,' Garland replied.

'You don't know how many there were, or there were none,' Massie pressed.

'I don't know the answer to either of those questions. If there were any, I don't know how many. I don't know whether there are any,' Garland said.

'I think you may have just perjured your self,' said Massie, who is the subject of a documentary about the Kentucky farm where he lives off the grid.

'You want to say that again, that you don't know that there were any?'

'I have no personal knowledge on this matter,' Garland proceeded.

Then, Massie brought up a conspiracy theory about Ray Epps, who sued Fox News for defamation over claims he was a government agent.

Massie then brought up Epps' indictment on a misdemeanor charge, calling it a 'joke' at a time when he said Garland and the DOJ are 'sending grandmas to prison.'

He then went on to complain about some of the sentences handed down for people convicted of taking part in the riot at the Capitol when lawmakers gathered to count the electoral votes.

He also referenced the 22-year sentence of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was arrested before January 6 for burning a church Black Lives Matter banner, and who wasn't at the Capitol.

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Donald Trump loyalist who may force a vote to try to take down Speaker Kevin McCarthy, also hammered Garland on January 6 – but did so after a clash over China, and didn't end up getting an answer.