The Justice Department says four paid FBI informants entered the Capitol during the riot - none of whom were authorised to do so.

The report from the Justice Department inspector general’s office knocks down a fringe conspiracy theory advanced by some Republicans in Congress that the FBI played a role in instigating the events t

More than two dozen FBI informants attended the rally that Donald Trump held in January 2021, which preceded a riot at the US Capitol to stop the certification of the presidential election, according to a report by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog.