GREAT MOMENTS IN OBFUSCATION: Christopher Wray ‘Not Sure’ There Were FBI Assets at Capitol on Jan. 6.
Biggs called him out for obfuscating: “You and I both know that we’re talking different things here, and please don’t distract here because we’re focusing on those who were there in an undercover capacity on January 6. How many were there?”
Wray played dumb: “Again, I’m not sure that I can give you the number as I sit here. I’m not sure there were undercover agents on the scene.”
“I find that kind of a remarkable statement, Director,” Biggs claimed. “At this point, you don’t know whether there were undercover federal agents, FBI agents, in the crowd or in the Capitol on January 6?”
Wray then changed his tune and claimed he couldn’t say how many there were because of ongoing legal cases.
“I say that because I want to be very careful. There have been a number of court filings related to some of these topics, and I want to make sure that I stick with what’s in them,” he claimed.
“I understand that, but I thought I heard you say you didn’t know whether there were FBI agents or informants or human sources in the Capitol or in the vicinity on January 6. Did I misunderstand you?”
“I referred very specifically to FBI agents,” said Wray.
“And so are you acknowledging then there were undercover agents?” Biggs demanded.
“As I sit here right now, I do not believe there were undercover agents on the scene,” said Wray.
“Did you have any assets present that day?” Biggs shot back.
“In the crowd, when it comes to what you’re calling assets or what we would call confidential human sources, that’s a place where, again, I want to be careful, as I said in response to an earlier question. There are court filings that I think speak to this that I’m happy to make sure we get to you, assuming they’re not under seal, and that can better answer the question,” said Wray.
Wray is talking out of both sides of his mouth. He claims at once that he doesn’t know the number of agents involved in the Jan. 6 protest, doesn’t believe there were any agents, and that he can’t talk about how many agents were there because of ongoing court cases. Which is it?
But this is all just failure theater by the GOP House. Wray knows nothing will happen to him.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): “Smells like a coverup.” Ya think?