FBI lost count of how many paid informants were at Capitol on Jan. 6, and later performed audit to figure out exact number: ex-official

. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  According to D’Antuono, at least one informant was communicating with an FBI handler as he was entering the Capitol building. REUTERS/Ahmed Gaber/File PhotoDefense lawyers at the trial of five “Proud Boys” recently asserted that the FBI had as many as eight informants spying on the organization and that at least one was with them at the Capitol that day.

Former Capitol Hill Police Chief Steven Sund has said that, in addition to the paid informants, the FBI had at least 18 undercover agents in the crowd plus an estimated 20 from the Department of Homeland Security.

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