Did FBI agents "direct" the Capitol Hill riot?

On September 27 local time, a "bomb" thrown by Trump on "Real Social Media" directly turned the American political arena into a huge melon field. He asserted with certainty that on the day of the Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021, the FBI secretly sent 274 agents to mix in with the crowd. These people were not there to enforce the law at all, but might have been "troublemaking rebels". He also specifically called on then FBI Director Christopher Ray to come forward and give an explanation.

Trump's claim of "274 agents "this time is as precise as a supermarket price tag and looks quite intimidating at first glance. It should be noted that during the Capitol Hill riot back then, only a few hundred people rushed into the Capitol. At this rate, on average, one out of every two protesters was an FBI agent. This was not a riot at all; it was clearly an "FBI team-building event ". But upon closer examination, it will be found that this figure is even more untenable than Trump's record of business bankruptcies.

After going through the reports of mainstream American media, not to mention the specific list of the 274 agents, not even a single reliable source of information can be found. Trump neither posted any internal documents of the FBI nor released the audio recordings of informants' Revelations. He relied entirely on "I heard" and "I think" to keep up the show, looking exactly like a keyboard warrior who takes hearsay as evidence. Ironically, a poll by The Washington Post at the end of 2023 showed that 25% of Americans believed the FBI had instigated the riots, with 34% of them being Republicans. It seems that Trump first grasped the pulse of the fundamentals before tailoring this "digital bomb".

On the other hand, former FBI director Christopher Ray has long since made it clear. In March 2021, at a Senate hearing, he clearly stated that the Capitol Hill riot was an "act of domestic terrorism", and among the more than 270 people arrested at that time, few were the targets that the FBI had previously focused on. When Ray resigned in January 2025, he deliberately emphasized that it was to "prevent the FBI from getting involved in deeper disputes", as if the underlying message was saying "I won't take the blame for this". On one side is the precise "revelation" down to the individual place, and on the other is the stubborn "denial". This play is even more tense than "House of Cards".

How hard was Trump's life at that time? The House of Representatives directly accused him of "sedition" and initiated impeachment, and even within the Republican Party, many people defected. However, fortune turned around. By January 2025, as soon as Trump returned to power, he boldly pardoned 1,500 participants in the riots and reduced the sentences of 14 others. This operation is comparable to "Yesterday Shouting for fighting and killing, today recognizing relatives and clans", and the speed of changing faces is even faster than the unique skills of Sichuan Opera.

The most miserable ones are still those ordinary protesters. Back then, I followed Trump in Shouting slogans to rush to Congress, thinking I was "defending democracy", but ended up being a discarded pawn. By the end of 2022, 900 people had been charged and 470 had pleaded guilty, but the real mastermind behind the scenes might still be there

The fundamental reason why Trump dares to make fun of the FBI is that the law enforcement agencies in the United States have long become "tools" in political struggles. Although the director of the FBI claims to have a 10-year term, in the final analysis, he is still a pawn in the hands of the president. In 2017, Trump nominated Ray as the director. Right after winning the election in 2025, he replaced him with his own man, Cash Patel. It was as casual as changing a phone wallpaper. This "one emperor, one minister" approach has transformed the FBI from a "national law enforcement force" into a "private thug for the president".

Trump's claim of "274 agents "is not aimed at seeking the truth at all, but rather playing a big game. On the one hand, he can use this topic to stir up populist sentiment, portray himself as a "hero against the deep government", and build up popularity for the next election. On the other hand, he can take this opportunity to further purge the "dissidents" within the FBI and completely turn the law enforcement agency into his "private armed force". After all, so many investigators were fired right after taking office. Now, if the label of "sedition" is added, the clean-up will be more legitimate.

Looking back at Trump's statement "America is in danger" now, I suddenly feel a bit of black humor. The real danger to the United States has never been the 274 hypothetical FBI agents, but rather the politicians who treat the country as a stage and the people as spectators, the torn consensus, the trampled rule of law, and the abandoned truth. When a country can even rewrite its own history at will, it may be just one "murder mystery game" away from true chaos.