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Justice Department Office of Inspector General

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Jan 30, 2026
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How many FBI paid informants,agents, and agitators were in the January 6th protest crowd

concluded there were no undercover employees embedded in the January 6, 2021, protest or at , but it also found 26 confidential human sources (paid FBI informants) were in that day; a small number of ...

Jan 28, 2026
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What did the Justice Department inspector general’s Jan. 6 reviews actually say about confidential human sources?

concluded that 26 FBI confidential human sources (CHSs) were in on , but found no evidence that had undercover employees orchestrating or directing the Capitol breach and no indication that CHSs were ...

Nov 28, 2025
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What did the official autopsy and subsequent independent reviews conclude about Epstein’s cause of death?

New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Jeffrey Epstein’s death a suicide by hanging after an autopsy, a finding the FBI and the Justice Department’s investigators later said was co...

Jan 28, 2026

How did jail protocols and staffing at MCC New York contribute to circumstances of Epstein’s death?

at was enabled by a cascade of protocol violations and chronic staffing shortfalls: required 30‑minute checks, inmate counts and cellmate assignments were not performed, and surveillance and documenta...

Jan 10, 2026

How many FBI confidential human sources were in Washington on January 6 and what were their reported activities?

The Justice Department Office of Inspector General found that 26 FBI confidential human sources (CHSs) were in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, and described their movements and reporting to the ...