J6 Reporter Exposes ‘BS’ Claim About Plainclothes FBI Crowd Control

The official narrative surrounding the FBI’s involvement in the events of January 6, 2021, just took another major hit. Veteran journalist Steve Baker one of the most experienced reporters covering the Capitol riot says claims that hundreds of plainclothes FBI agents were deployed that day for “crowd control” are pure nonsense.

“This is BS. This is not true,” Baker told Morning Wire during an interview Sunday. “If we had seen them at any point during that day, we would have made note of it. It just never happened.”

According to the FBI’s own director, Kash Patel, 274 plainclothes FBI agents were supposedly ordered into the crowd that day to help control the chaos. The admission came nearly five years after January 6 a stunningly late disclosure. Patel has since blamed “corrupt leadership” for allegedly throwing those agents into an “impossible situation.”

But Baker, who’s spent more time inside the official Capitol CCTV viewing room than any other reporter, says Patel’s explanation doesn’t match the evidence not even close.

Baker and fellow reporter Joe Hanneman, both of The Blaze, have spent thousands of hours reviewing security footage, testimony, and court records related to January 6. Their research has made them two of the most credible and detail-oriented journalists on the subject.

“We’ve never seen a single frame of video showing plainclothes FBI assisting uniformed law enforcement in crowd control or protecting the Capitol,” Baker said. “Zero.”

That’s not an opinion it’s based on direct access to official, secure video. If plainclothes FBI agents were truly out in the crowd performing “crowd control,” Baker argues, they would have been visible on tape or in any of the thousands of videos recorded by bystanders and media outlets that day.

In September, Patel posted on X. “274 FBI agents were thrown into crowd control on Jan. 6 against FBI standards. That failure was on corrupt leadership. Thanks to agents stepping up, the truth is coming out.”

Baker’s reaction was immediate and furious. He replied on X calling the statement “1,000% bulls***,” citing his and Hanneman’s unmatched familiarity with the Capitol’s surveillance archives.

What’s more, Baker clarified the difference between plainclothes agents and undercover agents. The distinction matters: plainclothes officers don’t blend completely into a crowd they wear something identifiable, like a badge, vest, or hat. If 274 such agents were really there, someone would have noticed.

Baker himself was at the Capitol that day as a reporter. He later pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts a technicality that allowed prosecutors to label journalists “participants” in the riot before being pardoned by President Donald Trump. Having witnessed the day firsthand and then reviewed the evidence frame by frame, he’s adamant. “We never saw it. There’s nothing there.”

If Baker is right and the footage backs him up the FBI and its leadership may once again be caught manipulating the truth about January 6. The agency’s credibility has already taken major hits for its political entanglements, from the Russia hoax to biased investigations targeting conservatives and Trump supporters.

The idea that hundreds of agents were “helping” during the riot now looks like an attempt at retrospective cover a way to explain the agency’s mysterious presence at the scene without admitting to infiltration or intelligence failures.

Even now, questions remain unanswered:

• Who authorized these supposed deployments?

• Why did it take nearly five years to acknowledge them?

• And if they were there for “crowd control,” why is there no record of it?

For Americans demanding transparency about January 6, Baker’s reporting reinforces what many have suspected all along: the real story is still being buried.

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