A criminal looking after other criminals.

Bobby. wrote on Nov 1^st, 2026 at 11:24am:


How about you to on to Google and ask "is medium.com a reliable source?". The answer is that it "is generally not considered a reliable source for academic, formal, or high-stakes factual research". It also states that "anyone can create an account and publish content without mandatory peer review, strict editorial oversight, or expert verification, as noted by the University of Illinois Library". In other words, you'd probably get more reliable information from a sock puppet.

But referring specifically to the claim that, “The FBI had so many paid informants at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, that it lost track of the number and had to perform a later audit to determine exactly how many “Confidential Human Sources” run by different FBI field offices were present that day", this is factually wrong. The FBI did use confidential informants, but the total number was... wait for it... 26! Not 260, not 2,600. Just twenty-six. That number comes from the DOJ Inspector General. Only 3 were instructed by the FBI to attend the Trump attempted coup, with the remaining 23 attending independently on their own initiative. So the claim that there were so many paid informants that the FBI lost track is patently absurd. It's ridiculous and an outright lie. I think the FBI, which has almost 14,000 Special Agents, is capable of managing a meagre 26 confidential informants.

Besides that, it was Trump who instigated and encouraged the events of that day. It was Trump who failed to stop them and tell them to leave until it was far too late. He is responsible for the attempted coup and should never have been allowed to run for President again on that issue alone.

Bobby. wrote on Nov 1^st, 2026 at 11:58am:


Literally nothing you just said - not one word - is true, and I just proved you wrong. As for your claim of 1,000 FBI agents being fired, it is an absolute lie. Trump had then Acting A-G Emil Bove conduct an investigation into any FBI agents who were involved in investigating those who were involved in the events of January 6 (i.e. the 1,500 people who Trump later pardoned). It was an investigation of pure retribution against career FBI agents who were simply doing their job investigating people who broke the law on January 6 when they stormed the Capitol to prevent certification of the election results, people who assaulted law enforcement officers and threatened the lives of lawmakers, including Trump's own VP - Mike Pence. In the end, not a single FBI agent was fired over the January 6 investigation, rather a small group of roughly 10 were fired for their investigation into Trump's illegal possession of classified documents at his Florida estate. That's just Trump being vindictive.

Bobby. wrote on Nov 1^st, 2026 at 12:11pm:


Some agencies have four letters. Shhh!!! 

Bobby. wrote on Nov 1^st, 2026 at 12:37pm:


You forgot ICE. Don't leave them out. They're the worst of the lot of them!

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 1^st, 2026 at 1:11pm:


Highly likely. But back to the topic of this thread, it is unconscionable that Trump has freed so many criminals from their duty to pay restitution to their victims, much less letting them walk free from jail well before their sentence is due to end.

Bobby. wrote on Nov 1^st, 2026 at 2:44pm:


Everything you think you know about supposed FBI involvement on January 6 is a complete lie fabricated by conspiracy theorists who cherry pick information to fit their narrative. The hundreds of FBI agents in attendance that day? They were there AFTER it happened to begin the investigation and support other law enforcement. But conspiracy theorists don’t say that - they say they were there during the attempted coup. You’ve really got to stop visiting those fringe lunatic websites. They’ll rot your brain, if they haven’t already.