Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) suggested the FBI sent "ghost buses" filled with informants to incite the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday, Higgins peppered FBI Director Christopher Wray with questions about his agency's role in Jan. 6.
"If you are asking whether the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was part of some operation orchestrated by FBI sources and/or agents, the answer is emphatically no," Wray insisted.
"Are you familiar with, you know, what a ghost vehicle is?" Higgins asked. "Director, you're director of the FBI, certainly should. You know what a ghost bus is?"
"A ghost bus?" Wray replied. "I'm not sure I've used that term before."
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Higgins said a ghost bus was a "common" term referring to an unmarked vehicle "that's used for secret purposes."
"These two buses in the middle here, they were the first to arrive at Union Station on Jan. 6," Higgins said, pointing to a photo. "I have all this evidence. I'm showing you a tip of the iceberg."
At that point, a Democrat on the committee noted that Higgins was out of time. But the Republican lawmaker ranted on.
"I note that other members across the aisle have been granted time, and I object to my question being closed," he said. "This is a very significant hearing, Mr. Chairman, and these buses are nefarious in nature and were filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters and deployed onto our Capitol on Jan. 6."
"Your day is coming, Mr. Wray," he added.
