Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said FBI Director Christopher A. Wray lied under oath about the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

In a Thursday hearing before the House Judiciary's Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Gaetz criticized Wray for contradicting the FBI's Washington, D.C., field office on the presence of Jan. 6 informants.

The congressman began by defending FBI staff operations specialist Marcus Allen, who claims he was suspended for calling out abuses of power in the agency along with agents Garret O'Boyle and Steve Friend.

"So, Mr. Allen, you got retaliated against for saying the very thing that the Washington field office was telling Boston when the Boston field office was saying, 'We're not going to go in and investigate people that just showed up at a rally without sufficient criminal predicate,'" Gaetz explained.... Read More: Newsmax