“FBI operatives were organizing the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6.”
What FactCheck.org found
There is no evidence that "unindicted co-conspirators" mentioned in federal indictments are FBI agents or informants. Legal experts say that government agents and informants cannot be labeled conspirators to a crime.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tucker Carlson (Fox News host) made this claim around 15 June 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 June 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “No Evidence”.
Tucker Carlson has 48 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 23 of them false or fake, 14 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- video.foxnews.comhttps://video.foxnews.com/v/6259091865001#sp=show-clips
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