Bias and human error played parts in FBI's Jan. 6 failure, documents suggest.
Supporters of President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.
The analysis conducted by the FBI, an exercise often known as a “red cell,” was included in the select committee’s investigation examining structural failures at the bureau and the Department of Homeland Security. The committee did not publish a report on those findings, but The New York Times reviewed a draft document containing preliminary conclusions.
Moreover, the FBI only did two transcribed interviews with top bureau officials: one with Moore and another with David Bowdich, the former FBI deputy director. The committee staff also received a dozen briefings, including from Steven Jensen, who ran the bureau’s domestic terrorism operations Jan. 6.
As early as 2019, Attorney General William Barr and then Trump wanted the bureau to focus on leftist groups like the antifa movement, claiming they were the real threat. This occurred even after a spate of mass shootings that year targeted places like synagogues and the FBI made combating racially motivated extremists a top threat.
It added that “while lone actors pose a serious and persistent threat, the FBI maintains a broad perspective, constantly gathering information and evaluating intelligence.” Still, Walter was skeptical enough about the agents’ motives that he sought advice from the leader of the Proud Boys at the time, Enrique Tarrio, who is now on trial in Washington in connection with the Capitol attack. He said that Tarrio, a former FBI informant himself, told him to cooperate. As many as 20 members of the group, Walter claimed, had also worked with the bureau, by Tarrio’s account.
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