{"id":1209177,"date":"2022-01-11T19:04:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T00:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1209177"},"modified":"2022-01-11T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T00:04:53","slug":"fbi-refuses-to-answer-if-it-participated-in-january-6-under-grilling-by-ted-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-refuses-to-answer-if-it-participated-in-january-6-under-grilling-by-ted-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Refuses to Answer If It Participated in January 6 Under Grilling by Ted Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-refuses-to-answer-if-it-participated-in-january-6-under-grilling-by-ted-cruz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1209177&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sen-ted-cruz-april-28-2021-pool-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A senior Federal Bureau of Investigations official repeatedly refused to answer when grilled by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at a hearing on Tuesday whether the federal agency participated in the riot at the Capitol building on January 6.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz questioned Jill Sanborn, who is executive assistant director of the FBI\u2019s National Security Branch, whether any FBI agents participated in the events that unfolded on January 6, which Democrats have called an insurrection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Cruz asked Sanborn, \u201cHow many FBI agents or confidential informants actively participated in the events of January 6?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She responded, \u201cSir, I\u2019m sure you can appreciate that I can\u2019t go into the specifics of sources and methods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz asked if \u201cany FBI agents or confidential informants\u201d actively participated in the events of January 6th. \u201cYes or no?\u201d he asked. Sanborn responded, \u201cSir, I can\u2019t answer that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sanborn gave a similar response when asked whether&nbsp;any FBI agents or confidential informants \u201ccommit[ed] crimes of violence on January 6th,\u201d or if any&nbsp;FBI agents or informants actively encouraged and incited crimes of violence that day.<\/p>\n<p>Under questioning again, she claimed she did not know whether \u201cfederal agents or anyone in the service of federal agents actively encouraged violence or criminal conduct. \u201cNot to my knowledge, sir,\u201d she told Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>Sanborn\u2019s refusal to confirm \u2014 or deny \u2014 the FBI\u2019s involvement in the riot that day could bolster growing suspicions about the role of the agency in egging on violence at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Suspicions have focused particularly on one man, Ray Epps. Cruz said Epps was caught on video encouraging people on January 5, 2021, to break into the Capitol, prompting some to chant \u201cFed! Fed! Fed!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz said Epps was also captured on video whispering to someone who then began tearing down barricades around the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Cruz noted that the FBI first sought&nbsp;information on him from the public in a posting, but then later removed him from the posting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Cruz asked Sanborn, \u201cWho is Ray Epps?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanborn said she was \u201caware of the individual,\u201d but did not have the \u201cspecific background to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz asked if Epps was a fed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir, I cannot answer that question,\u201d Sanford said.<br \/>She also could not say whether Epps urged people to tear down barricades.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenTedCruz<\/a>: &#8220;Did any FBI agents or confidential informants actively participate in the events of January 6th? Yes or no?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FBI&#8217;s Jill Sanborn: &#8220;I can&#8217;t answer that.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z5Sj1tSyNx\">pic.twitter.com\/Z5Sj1tSyNx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1480946038643085323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Breitbart News\u2019s Kristina Wong on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kristina_wong\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kristinawongreporting\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior Federal Bureau of Investigations official repeatedly refused to answer when grilled by Sen. 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