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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas Sen. Ted Cruz is peddling baseless conspiracy theory that FBI incited Jan. 6 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON Sen. Ted Cruz has been peddling a conspiracy theory for weeks suggesting that the FBI incited the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
In this scenario, the nations prime law enforcement agency prodded supporters of defeated president Donald Trump to ignore police lines, assault officers, smash through doors, turn flagpoles into spears, invade the Senate chamber and threaten the vice president and House speaker.
No evidence has surfaced for this explosive theory.
Cruz and others who promote it have not explained why the FBI would be on both sides hunting down rioters, yet also encouraging sedition and trying to overturn the election.
The FBI director, under oath two months after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, ruled out that there were fake Trump protesters of any kind in the mob. Another top FBI official told Cruz at a hearing last month that no federal agents incited violence.
That has not deterred the two-term Texas Republican from persisting with the fed-surrection theory in a flurry of campaign emails, and on social media and his popular podcast
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Walleye
(31,028 posts)Wonder why they brought all those chemical weapons and flex cuffs.
gab13by13
(21,360 posts)he admitted on Fox that he was involved in delaying the counting of electoral votes. I'm sure that the select committee would like to question him but his being a Senator and all he gets a free pass from the 1/6 committee and from DOJ.
Septua
(2,256 posts)..are seats in the U.S. House and Senate. Big bucks, no responsibility, no accountability.
DFW
(54,405 posts)scarletlib
(3,412 posts)Try to figure it out Ted.
spanone
(135,844 posts)The Wizard
(12,545 posts)and would vote for Goering if had an R after his name.
Emile
(22,789 posts)marmar
(77,081 posts)MissMillie
(38,560 posts)is how they expect to win elections--well part of how they expect to win elections.
Looking for truth? Move along.
BusterMove
(11,996 posts)Or Trumpers are real dumb asses.