by Julie Kelly at Declassified with Julie Kelly
With the four-year anniversary of January 6 fast approaching, every government agency is now on record with the results of an internal investigation about their role in the events of that day.
Every agency, that is, except the Department of Justice.
Despite announcing on January 15, 2021 that he would conduct an inquiry into the Capitol protest, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz has not issued a public report on his findings. On the IG’s website, the “Review Examining the Role and Activity of DOJ and its Components in Preparing for and Responding to the Events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021” is listed as “ongoing work.”
The inquiry undoubtedly is complex and wide-ranging. The DOJ was, by many accounts, the lead agency in charge of intelligence and security for January 6. Further, one can only imagine the stonewalling Horowitz is encountering from DOJ brass particularly at the FBI.
During congressional hearings, FBI Director Christopher Wray consistently refuses to discuss the number of FBI informants involved before and on January 6. Wray, in fact, becomes visibly agitated when he is asked a January 6-related question by a member of Congress.
In a heated exchange in July with Representative Victoria Spartz (R-Ind),…
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