{"id":1212314,"date":"2022-01-12T19:20:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T00:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1212314"},"modified":"2022-01-12T19:20:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T00:20:15","slug":"journalist-glenn-greenwald-asks-four-questions-about-jan-6-and-the-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/journalist-glenn-greenwald-asks-four-questions-about-jan-6-and-the-fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Glenn Greenwald Asks Four Questions About Jan. 6 And The FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fjournalist-glenn-greenwald-asks-four-questions-about-jan-6-and-the-fbi%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=1212314&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--><p>Journalist Glenn Greenwald on Wednesday posed four questions related to the FBI and the January 6, 2020, Capitol breach, following Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz\u2019s viral exchange on the matter with Jill Sanborn, the FBI\u2019s&nbsp;executive assistant director of the National Security Branch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many FBI informants or agents helped plan 1\/6?\u201d asked Greenwald via Twitter. \u201cHow many FBI informants or agents were present at 1\/6? How many FBI informants or agents were implanted in the 3 key groups? Why don\u2019t we know the answers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leave the bizarre Ray Epps case to the side for a moment:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 How many FBI informants or agents helped plan 1\/6?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 How many FBI informants or agents were present at 1\/6?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 How many FBI informants or agents were implanted in the 3 key groups?<\/p>\n<p>Why don&#8217;t we know the answers?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1481267242444546051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fbi-refuses-to-state-that-it-did-not-commit-crimes-during-jan-6-riot-encourage-violence\">The Daily Wire<\/a> on Tuesday, Cruz pressed Sanborn to answer if the FBI committed any crimes during the breach. She refused to answer. Here\u2019s the exchange:<\/p>\n<p><em>CRUZ: I want to turn to the FBI. How many FBI agents or confidential informants actively participated in the events of January 6th? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SANBORN: Sir, I\u2019m sure you can appreciate that I can\u2019t go into the specifics of sources and methods. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CRUZ: Did any FBI agents or confidential informants actively participate in the events of January 6th? Yes or no?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SANBORN: Sir, I can\u2019t. I can\u2019t answer that. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CRUZ: Did any FBI agents or confidential informants commit crimes of violence on January 6th? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SANBORN: I can\u2019t answer that, sir. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CRUZ: Did any FBI agents or FBI informants actively encourage and incite crimes of violence on January 6th? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SANBORN: Sir, I can\u2019t answer that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Greenwald praised Cruz\u2019s questioning and retweeted a post from political commentator Krystal Ball, a Democrat, stressing the need for more questions to be answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want accountability for 1\/6 you should care deeply about what sort of insight and active presence the feds had,\u201d she wrote via Twitter. \u201cNYT (The New York Times) has already reported on presence of at least 1 informant. You don\u2019t have to go down the rabbit hole of false flag conspiracies to want answers here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ball was referring to a Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/25\/us\/politics\/capitol-riot-fbi-informant.html\">report<\/a> published in October that said a member of the Proud Boys was texting with his \u201cFBI handler\u201d during the breach.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you want accountability for 1\/6 you should care deeply about what sort of insight and active presence the feds had. NYT has already reported on presence of at least 1 informant. You don\u2019t have to go down the rabbit hole of false flag conspiracies to want answers here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DYPa6gif2P\">https:\/\/t.co\/DYPa6gif2P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Krystal Ball (@krystalball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krystalball\/status\/1481270856391307268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/725-people-have-been-arrested-for-jan-6-capitol-breach-most-hit-for-entering-or-remaining-in-capitol\">boasted<\/a> earlier this month that more than 725 people have been arrested in connection to the January 6 breach.<\/p>\n<p>According to the press release, 640 defendants \u201chave been charged with entering or remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds.\u201d Some defendants are facing multiple charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThursday, Jan. 6 2022, marks one year since the attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming the presidential election results,\u201d the DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/725-people-have-been-arrested-for-jan-6-capitol-breach-most-hit-for-entering-or-remaining-in-capitol\">said<\/a>. \u201cThe government continues to investigate losses that resulted from the breach of the Capitol, including damage to the Capitol building and grounds, both inside and outside the building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department said the monetary cost of damage to the Capitol building is estimated to be $1.5 million worth.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the left-wing riots and looting that took place across American cities following the death of George Floyd racked up an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/riots-looting-that-followed-george-floyds-death-could-cost-2-billion-most-expensive-incident-in-insurance-history\">estimated $2 billion<\/a> in damages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fbi-refuses-to-state-that-it-did-not-commit-crimes-during-jan-6-riot-encourage-violence\">FBI Refuses To State That It Did Not Commit Crimes During Jan 6 Riot, Encourage&nbsp;Violence<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/different-from-any-other-jail-in-america-a-january-6-prisoner-speaks-out\">\u2018Different From Any Other Jail In America\u2019: A January 6 Prisoner Speaks&nbsp;Out<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/another-unarmed-trump-supporting-grandma-charged-in-jan-6-capitol-breach\">Another Unarmed Trump-Supporting Grandma Charged In Jan 6 Capitol&nbsp;Breach<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist Glenn Greenwald on Wednesday posed four questions related to the FBI and the January 6, 2020, Capitol breach, following Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz\u2019s viral exchange on the matter with Jill Sanborn, the FBI\u2019s\u00a0executive assistant director of the National Security Branch. \u201cHow many FBI informants or agents helped plan 1\/6?\u201d asked Greenwald via Twitter. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1212314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1212314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1212314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1212314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1212314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}