Rep. Matt Gaetz Asks FBI Whether Agents Were Rewarded for Kneeling During 2020 Riots
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is demanding answers from the FBI regarding agents who knelt before Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters in Washington during riots in 2020.
On June 27, Gaetz sent a letter (pdf) to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for information related to the conduct of FBI agents on duty in Washington on June 4, 2020, during what the congressman described as “seditious riots” in the nation’s capital.
Gaetz suggested that one of “at least six agents” who were captured on video that day “kneeling in supplication” before BLM protesters may have received a promotion for her actions. Gaetz stated that the agents possibly knelt to “placate the mob.”…