FBI Halted Probe of Pedophile to Focus on Jan. 6 Cases: Filing

Suspect went on to molest a 10-year-old boy, the bureau said.

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee in Washington on Nov. 15, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The FBI stopped investigating a person who shared child pornography and expressed interest in having sex with a minor because of the bureau’s focus on the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, according to newly disclosed information.

An undercover FBI agent posing as the father of a 9-year-old boy was messaged by a person who said he was a 28-year-old man living in Virginia. The man said he wanted to travel to Washington to have sex with the 9-year-old and shared child porn videos with the undercover agent.