Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said this week that he believes that once the new Trump administration is in place next month, much will be revealed about the actions of federal law enforcement during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Cruz’s remarks come after the inspector general for the Department of Justice said in a report released on Thursday that the FBI had at least 26 informants at the event in Washington, D.C., that day.
Cruz said that Trump’s nominees for U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, and FBI director, Kash Patel, will shed new light on what happened that day once they get into their new roles.
“What the report says is the FBI didn’t instruct them to encourage others to commit crimes,” Cruz said. “I believe we will know much, much more about this in the next couple of months, once we have Pam Bondi and Kash Patel confirmed, I think they will release significantly more information to the public.”
“I think they both understand the public has a right to…