“They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?”
Mauro Garza
2022 Republican candidate for Texas U.S. House seat. An ad. Claim dated 24 Jan 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Despite repeated claims, there is no evidence that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was instigated by FBI agents.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mauro Garza (2022 Republican candidate for Texas U.S. House seat) made this claim around 24 January 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 February 2022, 15 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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