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LetMyPeopleVote

(171,217 posts)
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 05:15 PM Sunday

Trump Blames Jan. 6 On 'The Biden FBI' In Unhinged Late Night Post

Trump falsely claimed yet again the insurrection was former President Joe Biden's fault despite the fact that Biden wasn't even sworn into office yet.

Trump Blames Jan. 6 On ‘The Biden FBI’ In Unhinged Late Night Post (Newsflash: Trump was president at the time. It WAS HIS FBI! But, to say they caused J6 is beyond crazy. Trump caused it.)

The Christian Left (@the-christian-left.bsky.social) 2025-10-12T20:00:36.252780339Z

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-january-6-riot-fbi-joe-biden_n_68ebbe4ae4b0abf20b6b1346

President Donald Trump appeared to forget that he was the president during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot in Washington, D.C. — and instead blamed former President Joe Biden and “The Biden FBI” for the violent and unprecedented attack.

“THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6,” Trump wrote at 12:38 a.m in a Truth Social post. “If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!!”

Trump made the false claim despite the fact that Biden was not sworn into office until two weeks later on Jan. 20, 2021, during the inauguration. Trump’s nominee, Christopher Wray, was serving as director of the FBI at the time of the attack.

In December 2024, the Department of Justice said it found no evidence that the FBI, which classified the attacks as an act of domestic terrorism, had any involvement in the Jan. 6 riots that led to multiple deaths and injuries to dozens of law enforcement officers.

On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump told his supporters at his “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C., to “fight like hell” against what he claimed was a stolen election.
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doc03

(38,498 posts)
1. Where is the news media asking how is it the Biden FBI when he wasn't even president yet?
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 05:31 PM
Sunday

Why would Biden send FBI to stop the counting of the electors when he won? Imagine if Biden said he talked to
the President of Puerto Rico? The news media would saying it is time for the 25th Amendment.

Jack Valentino

(3,573 posts)
8. I would like to believe that the majority of the FBI voted for Joe Biden in 2020,
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 09:22 PM
Sunday

like the majority of the country...

(especially since it is their job to fight crime)

doc03

(38,498 posts)
12. I would like to think that but LE and military have that authoritarian mindset. Those are
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 10:25 AM
Yesterday

the type of people that are attracted to the profession.

LetMyPeopleVote

(171,217 posts)
3. trump is claiming Biden controlled the FBI on Jan. 6, 2021 (hint trump was still POTUS on that date)
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 05:47 PM
Sunday

B.See

(6,979 posts)
6. No, he's just a compulsive LIAR and
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 06:56 PM
Sunday

sociopathic POS.

J6 WAS ALL ON HIM. Including chants of Hang Mike Pence, the assaults and deaths of Capitol Police, and of Babbitt too.

They died BECAUSE OF TRUMP.

For which he should've long been rotting in JAIL.

canetoad

(19,635 posts)
9. So he accepts
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 09:25 PM
Sunday

It was violent and unprecedented. But it was Joe who spurred it on and that's his defence. OK.

LetMyPeopleVote

(171,217 posts)
11. Steve Benen- (The "Biden FBI" didn't exist on Jan. 6. Trump was president at the time.)
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 10:03 AM
Yesterday

A few days ago, I wrote up a piece on Republicans routinely forgetting when Biden took office and how the problem seems to be getting worse: tinyurl.com/3bdxp3te

I suddenly wish I’d held off a few more days. (The “Biden FBI” didn’t exist on Jan. 6. Trump was president at the time.)

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-10-12T12:18:37.434Z
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