FBI Director Chris Wray refused to disclose during an interview on Tuesday the role that federal law enforcement officials allegedly played in the riot that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Wray was pressed about the matter during an interview with anchor Bret Baier on “Special Report.”

Baier read off a tweet from a viewer who asked the FBI director about the person who planted the pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC, which diverted law enforcement attention and resources on January 6.

“With hundreds of other January 6 defendants arrested over two years, how has the bomber still not been caught?” the viewer asked. “Does the FBI director feel confidently that they will come — someday be brought to justice?”

Wray said that he was confident in his team that was conducting the investigation and that the bureau has “devoted loads and loads of effort into that specific investigation,” and that they have asked for the public’s help in identifying the person responsible for the incident.

“And the other Twitter question we get a lot is, did the FBI have undercover agents or paid informants or assets among the mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6?” Baier added.

“Well, as I’m sure you can appreciate, Bret, I can’t really appropriately talk about when, where, and how we use confidential informants,” Wray responded.

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FBI Director Chris Wray refuses to say if FBI had “undercover agents or paid informants or assets among the mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6”

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— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 1, 2023

TRANSCRIPT:

BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: I just have a couple of Twitter questions.

Ford Fischer tweets: “What I’d really like to ask the FBI director, on January 5, 2021, a still unidentified person planted pipelines at the DNC and RNC which diverted law enforcement attention and resources on January 6. With hundreds of other January 6 defendants arrested over two years, how has the bomber still not been caught? Does the FBI director feel confidently that they will come — someday be brought to justice?”

CHRIS WRAY, FBI DIRECTOR: Well, I will say that I have enormous confidence in the team, the dedicated team that is focused exclusively on that investigation.

And we have devoted loads and loads of effort into that specific investigation. We have done investigative publicity, calling for the public’s help. So, our folks are working very, very hard on that investigation. And those folks, those FBI agents, analysts and professional staff, I have total confidence in them.

BAIER: And the other Twitter question we get a lot is, did the FBI have undercover agents or paid informants or assets among the mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6?

WRAY: Well, as I’m sure you can appreciate, Bret, I can’t really appropriately talk about when, where, and how we use confidential informants.

BAIER: Is it classified?

WRAY: Well, we have information that is about any number of topics that is law enforcement-sensitive.

But you should not read into my inability to answer a question because of my obligations as that as a clue or a hint in any way about how accurate your reader’s tweet is.

FBI Director Christopher Wray defended the bureau against allegations of political bias during a Fox News interview Tuesday night, claiming that it is “independent” and on “the American people’s side.”

“I hear these claims of politicization, but I can tell you that the FBI is and is going to stay independent,” Wray said. “And that means following the facts wherever they lead, no matter who likes it. And I add that last part because what I have found in today’s world is that far too many people use as their standard for whether they think something was fair or objective, whether it’s an FBI investigation, whether it’s a Supreme Court decision, or even an election, is whether they liked the result, whether their side won or lost.”

“But that’s not how independence and objectivity work. We are not on either side,” Wray continued. “The FBI is on the American people’s side, on the Constitution’s side.”

Fox News anchor Bret Baier then brought up examples of things that the public sees that cause distrust of the FBI.

“Mark Houck, Pennsylvania pro-life activist arrested at his home in front of his family for an alleged violation of the Freedom of Access of Clinics Act, alleged incident in which he was protesting in front of an abortion clinic. He was recently acquitted of all charges at trial,” Baier said. “The show of force for that arrest, that decision to use that force, was that by the book?”

Wray responded, “Those decisions are made, as they should be, by the commanders on the ground in the field office who have the expertise about when to conduct operations safely and securely for the safety of everybody involved.”

“I mean, historically, FBI protocol is that a defendant has — if he has no criminal history, is not believed to be violent or pose a threat to public safety, that he or she is permitted to self-surrender, rather than subject dynamic execution of an arrest warrant,” Baier countered. “Here’s what I’m talking about as the dual system. There’s that for a pro-life activist, but not that for a Black Lives Matter protester who maybe torches a federal building over the summer. So, that disparity, that dichotomy is what sticks in people’s mind.”

Wray responded that “people have their opinions” and claimed that the FBI has “one standard” that is “irrespective of ideology, of politics, in this country, it doesn’t matter what you’re upset about or who you’re upset with.”

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— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 1, 2023

TRANSCRIPT:

BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: All right, so let’s talk about by the book.

Mark Houck, Pennsylvania pro-life activist arrested at his home in front of his family for an alleged violation of the Freedom of Access of Clinics Act, alleged incident in which he was protesting in front of an abortion clinic. He was recently acquitted of all charges at trial.

The show of force for that arrest, that decision to use that force, was that by the book?

CHRISTOPHER WRAY, FBI DIRECTOR: Those decisions are made, as they should be, by the commanders on the ground in the field office who have the expertise about when to conduct operations safely and securely for the safety of everybody involved.

And, to my knowledge, those processes were all followed in this case.

BAIER: Yes, I mean, historically, FBI protocol is that a defendant has — if he has no criminal history, is not believed to be violent or pose a threat to public safety, that he or she is permitted to self-surrender, rather than subject dynamic execution of an arrest warrant.

Here’s what I’m talking about as the dual system. There’s that for a pro-life activist, but not that for a Black Lives Matter protester who may be torches a federal building over the summer. So, that disparity, that dichotomy is what sticks in people’s mind.

WRAY: I understand that people have their opinions.

All I can tell you is that we have one standard, one standard, which is, irrespective of ideology, of politics, in this country, it doesn’t matter what you’re upset about or who you’re upset with. You don’t get to express that upset with violence. And so we are agnostic as to ideology and focus on the violence.

For even a white-collar, there are situations where white-collar arrests have resulted in shootings. So, there’s a whole lot of things that goes into the judgment about what is the way to conduct arrests safely and securely that are made, I think appropriately, by the career agents on the ground who have the closest visibility to the circumstances.

And the FBI has a long history of conducting those operations with a far better track record of safety than a lot of other agencies, precisely because those people take it so seriously and so meticulously.