Five thousand? Er, no. It was actually more than 5,000.
Earlier today, we found out that the FBI had changed its mind about complying with a lawful order to provide the Department of Justice specifics about the personnel involved in the January 6 riot investigation. Leadership had threatened to refuse, some senior officials advised agents to be insubordinate, and the media lost their minds, as usual. And now we know why the FBI’s senior ranks might have wanted to keep it quiet.
It turns out that Christopher Wray and Merrick Garland committed 13% of the FBI to investigating the riot, emphasis mine:
FBI officials have complied with demands to provide the Justice Department with a list of thousands of employees who worked on investigations related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, according to people familiar with the situation.
The demand has caused…
