The FBI Did Not Organize the Capitol Insurrection

In a recent edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight, Carlson presented a conspiracy theory regarding the insurrection that took place on January 6th in Washington D.C. 

He introduced this theory by claiming that the U.S government was hiding the identity of numerous law enforcement officers who were present during the insurrection. He then stated that some of the rioters on January 6th had not been charged to date and that in government court filings, a number of people were listed as unindicted co-conspirators. After this, Carlson claimed that potentially every single one of these unindicted co-conspirators was an FBI operative. Further in the segment, Carlson began claiming that the U.S. government had admitted to partially organizing the insurrection via its FBI operatives. 

Carlson used a video clip showing FBI Director Christopher Wray who discussed how his organization was infiltrating a range of domestic terrorist groups. 

Republican lawmakers have since repeated these claims on social media. On Twitter, Representative Matt Gaetz posted a clip from Carlson’s segment, which has gained over 300,000 views within 48 hours. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has also repeated these claims on social media, gaining thousands of interactions as a result.