Capitol Police, FBI Failed to Share ‘Credible Threats’ Before Jan. 6 Breach: Watchdog

Capitol Police, FBI Failed to Share ‘Credible Threats’ Before Jan. 6 Breach: Watchdog
U.S. Capitol police officers take positions as rioters enter the Capitol building during a joint session of Congress in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Reuters
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
|Updated:
0:00

FBI agents and U.S. Capitol Police officers identified “credible threats” ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, electoral vote certification but did not properly disseminate the intelligence, a watchdog says in a new report.

The FBI obtained information from human informants, social media, and other agencies and tracked suspected domestic terrorists traveling to Washington, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report (pdf).
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
twitter
truth
Related Topics