FBI reveals how many undercover agents were on the ground during January 6 riots

A new Department of Justice report revealed the number of undercover agents and sources involved with the January 6th riots on Capitol Hill protesting the results of the 2020 presidential election.

A report from the Inspector General's office said there was no evidence that there were undercover FBI agents in the crowd or on Capitol Hill.

'We found no evidence in the materials we reviewed or the testimony we received showing or suggesting that the FBI had undercover employees in the various protest crowds, or at the Capitol, on January 6,' the report noted.

But the inspector general revealed that the Department of Justice had 26 confidential human sources working for the FBI in Washington, D.C., during the protests.

Confidential human sources work with the FBI to offer them information and insights about the inner workings of organizations threatening the country, such as criminal, terrorist and espionage networks.

Four of the confidential human sources entered the Capitol building, 13 of them entered the restricted area around the Capitol.

The report noted there was a confidential human source who was in contact with the leadership of far-right groups such as the Oath Keepers, and were aware of plans discussed by the Proud Boys.

The report stated that none of the confidential sources were authorized to enter the Capitol or break the law, but that four of them did.

'None of the CHSs who entered the Capitol or a restricted area has been prosecuted to date,' the report notes.

The report faults the FBI for failing to canvas the information about potential violence to surrounding offices.

'The FBI therefore should have canvassed its field offices for any relevant CHS information in advance of January 6,' the report notes.

The report reveals the inspector general's office reviews more than 500,000 documents and interviewed more than 200 witnesses for their report.

It comes after Trump signaled Sunday night that he intends to use Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter to his own advantage and pardon January 6 defendants.

'Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!' Trump wrote, in his first public comment since Biden announced the pardon Sunday.

That came not long after Fox News commentator Charlie Hurt made the linkage.

'I think he should at least commute the sentences of all of them and pardoned every single one that was obviously just following the person in front of them wandering through the capital,' he said.

'Pardon every single one of them. There were some that did more than just that. And I think he should commute their sentences and let them all out! Every single one of them,' he said.

According to the Justice Department, 140 police officers were assulated during the attack on the Capitol, including 80 U.S. Capitol Police officers and 60 from DC's Metropolitan Police Department.

Trump repeatedly floated the idea of the pardons himself during his campaign. His new choice to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, has also taken up the cause of January 6 defendants. He also played 'Justice for All,' a rendition of the national anthem as sung by January 6 defendants, at campaign rallies.

More than 1,200 people have been charged on January 6-related charges. Many battled with police officers. Others got charged with interfering with an official proceeding on a day Congress met to certify the electoral votes that made Joe Biden president.