RIA Novosti writes about this with reference to the statement.

In a document sent to the federal court in the metropolitan area of ​​Columbia, the defendants are the commission itself, its congressman Benny Thompson, and the National Archives and Records Administration, along with US Chief Archivist David Ferriero.

Earlier, information appeared in the media that an FBI informant was among the members of the ultra-right Proud Boys movement who stormed the building of the US Congress on January 6.

On January 6, a protest action by supporters of the then US President Donald Trump took place in Washington, which escalated into riots.


The demonstrators broke into the building of the Congress, where the procedure for approving the results of the presidential elections was taking place.