‘I need to be careful’: DOJ inspector gives cagey response to questions

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The Department of Justice’s inspector general appeared to confirm that FBI informants were in the crowd that was part of the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The DOJ watchdog was asked about the “confidential human sources” during testimony before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Wednesday.

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz answered lawmakers questioning him about the DOJ’s review of the events of Jan. 6 and was asked directly by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) about the number of federal informants in the crowd.

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“Do you have evidence of the number of confidential human sources that were operating on the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6?” Massie asked after explaining how he has been “stonewalled” by federal agencies as he has tried to get information.

“Our report will include the information in that regard,” Horowitz responded without disputing the presence of any informants.

But when Massie asked “how many” of these confidential human sources were present that day and if there were “more than 100,” Horowitz gave no details.

“I’m not in a position to say that, both because it is in draft form, and we have not gone through the classification review,” he said. “And so I need to be careful.”

That review, he noted, would be ready soon but likely not before the November election after Massie noted it has been more than three years in the making.

“I doubt it would be done in time for the election,” Horowitz said.

He was then asked about the possibility the review would be ready by Jan. 20, 2025, the day the next president gets inaugurated.

“That is certainly my hope and my sure hope,” he said.

“What we do know is you’re going to expose that there were confidential human sources at the Capitol,” Massie noted. “Can you tell us today how many went into the Capitol?”

“I’ll have that information in the report,” the inspector general replied. “The report, I’m not able to speak to information in there, but just because it’s in draft and we get a response from the department and the FBI, but also because I don’t know yet what’s classified and not classified.”

Massie tried a different approach and asked how many confidential human sources were “reimbursed for travel.”

“As I sit here, I don’t recall the number,” Horowitz said, again not denying that there were any.

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