March 2, 2021: FBI Head Calls January 6 Attack "Domestic Terrorism"

 

3/2/21: F.B.I. Director Christopher Wray testifies before Congress. He calls the attack on Capitol Hill on January 6 “domestic terrorism.” When Republican lawmakers try to hint at the possibility that left-wing types were actually to blame, Director Wray says, in the tone you might use to tell a needy girlfriend that it’s over, that there is “no evidence” Antifa played any role.

 

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“Tolerating it would make a mockery of our nation’s rule of law.” 

F.B.I. Director Christopher Wray

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“I was appalled that you, our country’s elected leaders were victimized right here in these very halls,” Wray continued. “That attack, that siege was criminal behavior, plain and simple and is behavior that we, the FBI view as domestic terrorism. It’s got no place in our democracy and tolerating it would make a mockery of our nation’s rule of law.” 

Pressed for more detail, he said most of the attackers could be categorized as militia extremists, including some the F.B.I. would place in the “racially motivated extremist bucket.”

January 6.