The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday that there was “no indication” that members of Antifa had gone undercover as pro-Trump supporters to spark chaos during Wednesday’s storming of the U.S. Capitol by defenders of the president.
In response to a question about whether such an effort had taken place, as some Republican lawmakers had suggested, Assistant Director Steven D’Antuono told reporters, “We have no indication of that, at this time.”
Representatives Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.), Mo Brooks (R., Ala.) and Paul Gosar (R., Ariz.) all alleged that left-wing anarchists had posed as Trump supporters to create trouble on Wednesday as Congress met to count electoral votes after President Trump’s “Save America” rally.
In remarks on the House floor late Wednesday, Gaetz said he had read “compelling evidence” that some of the rioters were from Antifa.
“The Washington Times has just reported some pretty compelling evidence from a facial recognition company showing that some of the people who breached the Capitol today were not Trump supporters, they were masquerading as Trump supporters and in fact were members of the violent terrorist group Antifa,” Gaetz said.
[Interesting Read]
See Also:
(1) 28 Times Media And Democrats Excused Violence By Left-Wing Activists
(4) Was the Capitol storming America’s Reichstag fire?
(5) DC Capitol storming: When the refs won’t make a call, the gloves come off