01/04/2024

A Quarter of Some Americans Believe FBI Instigated the Jan. 6 Insurrection

More than 3 in 10 Republicans have adopted this view

Twenty-five percent of Americans say it is "probably" or "definitely" true that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) instigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a false concept promoted by right-wing media and repeatedly denied by federal law enforcement, according to a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll.

The Post-UMD poll finds a smaller 11 percent of the public overall thinks there is "solid evidence" FBI operatives organized and encouraged the attack, while 13 percent say this is their "suspicion only."

Among Republicans, 34 percent say the FBI organized and encouraged the insurrection, compared with 30 percent of independents and 13 percent of Democrats.

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