FBI: No Evidence Antifa Was Involved In Capitol Riots

January 8, 2021 Extremists, Trump cultists

Despite suggestions from conservative pundits and some Republican members of Congress, there is no evidence that anti-fascist activists were involved in the pro-Trump Capitol riots, FBI Assistant Director Steven D’Antuono said on a call with reporters Friday.

“We have no indication of that, at this time,” D’Antuono said when asked whether antifa activists had disguised themselves as Trump supporters in an effort to frame them for the violent riots in which five people died, including Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick.

Immediately following the violence on Wednesday, conspiracy theorists, radical conservative activists and Trump allies took to social media and conservative news networks to make the evidence-free claim that antifa was behind the riots.

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Breaking: There is no evidence that antifa was involved in the pro-Trump Capitol riots, FBI Assistant Director Steven D’Antuono says. https://t.co/YMFl5K4p5v

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 8, 2021