Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) questions Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray about conspiracy theories related to the Jan. 6, 2020 attack on the U.S. Capitol during a hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The revelations from the House-wide closed-door briefing about the Chinese spy balloon did nothing to reassure Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) about the steps the United States took to handle the incident.
In a conversation after the classified briefing on Feb. 9 morning, Higgins said he was “surprised” and “shocked at what I was hearing of the decisions that were made” and the argument top intelligence and military officials made supporting these measures.
Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
