FBI agents worked about 16,000 more hours during the pay period of the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, than they did during the pay period of the 2020 riots that hit Washington, D.C. That's according to documents obtained by The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project through the Freedom of Information Act.
Payroll records for FBI agents in the Washington, D.C., field office show they worked a total of 86,262 hours in the Jan 4, 2021, to Jan. 17, 2021, pay period, during which the Capitol riot occurred involving those opposing Congress' certification of the 2020 presidential election in which Joe Biden defeated then-President Donald Trump.
By contrast, during the May 25, 2020, to June 7, 2020, pay period, when the Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots were occurring in the District of Columbia, payroll records show that FBI agents worked a combined total of 70,367 hours.
The FBI did not provide information about how many of the more than 86,000 hours were spent on Jan. 6 cases alone, according to the Heritage Oversight Project, which is suing for more transparency.
The Heritage Oversight Project obtained FBI records that show the time spent on all investigations.
According to whistleblowers, FBI agents were said to have been pulled off serious felony investigations to work nearly solely on Jan. 6 misdemeanors.
"We're suing the FBI because they deserve it, and because these documents belong to the American people," Mike Howell, director of the Heritage Oversight Project, told The Daily Signal.
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