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Jesse Watters: This is what actually happened on Jan. 6

Fox News8:37

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>> Jesse: THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT JUST RELEASED THE BOMBSHELL REPORT THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED ON JANUARY SIXTH? THE FBI HAD 26 CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCES THERE THAT DAY. 26. A CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE IS A GUY THE FBI PAYS TO SPY FOR THEM. OF THE 26 CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES WHO WERE IN D.C., FOUR ENTERED THE CAPITOL DURING THE RIOT. AN ADDITIONAL 13 ENTERED THE RESTRICTED AREA AROUND THE CAPITOL. MORE THAN A DOZEN FBI SPIES PARTICIPATED IN THE SO-CALLED INSURRECTION. A BUNCH OF THEM BROKE INTO THE CAPITOL. THEIR OWN INSPECTOR GENERAL SAYS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY TOLD YOU WHEN THEY TESTIFIED UNDER OATH.

>> THOSE WHO WERE THERE IN AN UNDERCOVER CAPACITY, HOW MANY WERE THERE?

>> I AM NOT SURE I CAN GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER. I AM NOT SURE THERE WERE UNDERCOVER AGENTS UNSEEN.

>> I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THERE WERE FBI AGENTS OR INFORMANTS OR HUMAN SOURCES IN THE CAPITOL OR IN THE VICINITY ON JANUARY SIXTH. DID I MISUNDERSTAND YOU?

>> I REFERRED TO UNDERCOVER AGENTS.

>> ARE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE WERE UNDERCOVER AGENTS?

>> I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WERE UNDERCOVER AGENTS.

>> Jesse: SO CONGRESS ASKED THE QUESTION A DIFFERENT WAY. LISTEN.

>> DID YOU HAVE CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCES DRESSED AS TRUMP SUPPORTERS INSIDE THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY THE 6TH? PRIOR TO THE DOORS BEING OPENED?

>> I HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL.

>> CAN YOU NOT TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW WE DID NOT HAVE CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCES DRESSED AS TRUMP SUPPORTERS POSITIONED INSIDE THE CAPITOL?

>> YOU SHOULD NOT READ ANYTHING INTO MY DECISIONS NOT TO SHARE INFORMATION.

>> Jesse: THE FBI DIDN'T HAVE UNDERCOVER AGENTS. THEY HAD CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCES. SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? A CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE DOESN'T GET HEALTH INSURANCE OR PENSION. THEY ARE JUST FREELANCING FOR THE FEDS; THEY ARE BASICALLY PAID INFORMANTS THAT THE FBI RUNS OUT OF HEADQUARTERS. A LOT OF THESE RATS GET PICKED UP ON SOME OTHER CHARGE. THE FBI SAYS, "YOU ARE GOING TO WORK FOR ME NOW. IF YOU DON'T, YOU ARE LOOKING AT 20 YEARS TO LIFE." SO THESE GUYS SAY, "YES, SIR," AND THEY COZY UP TO PEOPLE LIKE THE PROUD BOYS AND ANYONE THEY WANT TO WATCH AND CONTROL FROM THE INSIDE. AND THESE CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCES ARE UNDER PRESSURE TO DELIVER. WHAT DOES DELIVER MEAN? IT MEANS INTELLIGENCE AND BIG BUSTS BACK AT THE FBI—GOOD HEADLINES. ACCORDING TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT, THE SPIES WERE FEEDING THE FBI INTEL THAT SAID JANUARY SIXTH WAS GOING TO GET A LITTLE HAIRY. BUT FBI HEADQUARTERS DID NOTHING ABOUT IT AND THEN LIED TO CONGRESS AND SAID THEY DID.

SO WHY DID HEADQUARTERS LET JANUARY SIXTH GET SO OUT OF HAND? AND WHAT WERE ALL THESE FBI SPIES DOING THAT DAY AND THE DAYS BEFORE? WERE THEY RILING EVERYONE UP LIKE THEY DID IN THE KIDNAPPING PLOT? IN THAT CASE, THE FBI INFORMANTS INSTIGATED THE PLOT. THEY EVEN USED AN FBI CREDIT CARD TO BUY THE M.O. SUPPLIES AND HOTEL ROOMS. DID THEY PAY FOR JANUARY 6 HOTEL ROOMS? WE DON'T KNOW. THEY SAID THIS WHOLE THING WAS A CONSPIRACY.

>> WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS IDEA COMES FROM THAT THIS WAS SOMEHOW DONE BY THE FEDS?

>> I HEARD THAT ONE OF THE DEBATERS SAID IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB. IT'S AN INSIDE JOB ON THE PART OF DONALD TRUMP AND HIS HENCHMEN.

>> REPUBLICANS ARE BLAMING THE FBI AND SAID IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB.

>> IT WAS NOT AN INSIDE JOB BY FBI AGENTS. THEY GO AROUND BLAMING IT ON NT FIVE AND FBI AGENTS.

>> Jesse: HOW DOES THE MEDIA KNOW IT WASN'T AN INSIDE JOB WHEN THEY HAD 26 OF THE PEOPLE ON THE INSIDE? JANUARY SIXTH CERTAINLY BENEFITED THE... 1500 ARRESTS, HUMILIATED TRUMP, GOT HIM IMPEACHED, AND CRIMINALIZED THE MOVEMENT. TRUMP GOT INDICTED OVER JANUARY SIXTH. THEY TRIED TO THROW HIM IN PRISON OVER THIS. THE COMMITTEE, ALL DEMOCRATS, DID FOR TWO YEARS. WHY DIDN'T THE COMMITTEE FIND ANY OF THESE SNITCHES? THEY DID A ONE-SIDED INVESTIGATION AND TEAT UP... SO THE MEDIA IS GOING TO APOLOGIZE, RIGHT? NO. THE MEDIA TODAY IS CHERRY-PICKING THE REPORT TO SAY THERE WERE NO UNDERCOVER AGENTS THERE ON JANUARY SIXTH. THE WHOLE THING IS A CONSPIRACY. THESE AREN'T ARTICLES; THEY ARE FBI PRESS RELEASES. AND THEY WONDER WHY THE RATINGS ARE TRASH AND NO ONE TRUSTS THEM. IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS. THEY DON'T WANT THE TRUTH; THEY WANT TO HIDE IT IF IT HURTS THE LEFT. THEY CAN'T HAVE IT THEY WERE WRONG BECAUSE IT'S TOO EMBARRASSING AND THEY WERE A PART OF THE COVER-UP. BUT THE FBI IS WORSE THAN THE MEDIA. THE FBI KNEW WHAT WAS IN THIS REPORT. THEY COVERED IT UP BEFORE THE ELECTION, AND THEN THE DIRECTOR SAYS HE'S RESIGNING THE DAY BEFORE IT COMES OUT. GIVE ME A BREAK. THIS KIND OF SLIMING IS WHY TRUMP NOMINATED KASH PATEL. I WONDER WHAT ELSE HE'S GOING TO FIND IN THE BUREAU WHEN HE LOOKS UNDER THE HOOD.

>> AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER WHO DEFENDED A LOT OF THESE TYPES OF CASES, WHAT YOU NEED TO SHOW IS WHETHER OR NOT THE FBI AND GOVERNMENT AGENTS WERE USING UNDERCOVER OPERATIVES AND INFORMANTS ON THE DAY OF JANUARY SIXTH. ONCE YOU PROVE THAT, THEN YOU DEFEAT THE INSURRECTION NARRATIVE WITH IT—WITH THE FBI'S OWN DOCUMENTATION.

>> Jesse: WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE DEFENDANTS? NONE OF THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS WERE ARRESTED OR CHARGED. THESE GUYS WERE RIGHT ALONGSIDE EVERYONE WALKING INTO THE CAPITOL. BUT YOU ARE IN PRISON FOR YEARS? IF YOU ARE A DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND THIS DROPS AFTER THE CASE WAS DECIDED, THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR JONATHAN TURLEY SAYS THIS: THERE'S A QUESTION OF WHY THE CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCES WHO ENTERED THE CAPITOL WERE NOT CHARGED AS PART OF AN OPERATION THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DESCRIBED AS AN EFFORT TO SHOCK AND AWE TARGETING EVERYONE INVOLVED THAT DAY. THIS REPORT DOES NOT FIND SPECIFIC WRONGDOING OR DIRECTION FROM CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCES. CONGRESS IS LIKELY TO SEEK MORE INFORMATION ON THESE SOURCES AND THEIR CONDUCT ON THE DAY. ARE YOU ALLOWED TO COMMIT CRIMES AS A SPY FOR THE FBI AND NOT GET CHARGED? BECAUSE THEY SAID THIS WAS THE GREATEST ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY EVER. THEY SAID IT WAS UP THERE WITH 9/11. TRAITORS, THEY SAID, ARE OFF SCOT-FREE. YOU CAN TRY TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT IF YOU'RE AN FBI AGENT AND JUST WALK AWAY? CONGRESS HAS TO FIND OUT. AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR PARDONS? THE HUNTER BIDEN PARDON ALREADY GREASED THE ONE WAY FOR TRUMP. THIS REPORT, ALL THE MOST TRUMP NEEDS. HE TOLD "TIME" MAGAZINE IT'S GOING TO START IN THE FIRST HOUR—MAYBE THE FIRST NINE MINUTES. IF I WERE PRESIDENT, I DON'T THINK I WOULD PARDON JANUARY 6TH. BUT IF YOU ARE WANDERING AROUND PEACEFULLY, COME ON. IT'S NOT JUST KASH PATEL THAT WANTS TO CLEAN HOUSE. TOLD C IS ON DECK.

>> SHE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DIRECTOR.

>> Jesse: THE DEEP STATE HAS NEVER BEEN THIS BACKED INTO A CORNER EVER. WE HAVE TRUMP ASSASSINATION FILES THAT WE WANT TO RELEASE. JFK ASSASSINATION FILES, COVID FILES. WHAT ABOUT THE PIPE BOMB? IS THE FBI STILL WORKING ON THAT ONE? WHO PLANTED THAT? IT'S JUST ANOTHER CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT. THE LAB LEAK, THE LAPTOP, AND NOW...