Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for all records related to any shots fired inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, and records of requests for CIA support including bomb technicians and bomb-detecting dogs placed on standby or used in response to the massive protests in and around Washington, DC (Judicial Watch v. Central Intelligence Agency (No. 1:24-cv-02172)).

The lawsuit was filed after the CIA failed to respond to Judicial Watch's March 13, 2024, FOIA request asking the agency to produce records related to:

Shots fired inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

A person being shot inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Requests for CIA support or assistance at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Bomb technician support or assistance to any potential or actual bombs or explosive devices in response to the massive protests in and around the Washington DC area on January 6, 2021.

Accelerant or explosives K-9s (bomb detection dogs) placed on standby or used in Washington, DC, in response to the massive protests in and around Washington, DC on January 6, 2021.

Any after action reports concerning the events that took place in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021.

In March, Judicial Watch received 88 pages of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) records from the Department of Justice in a FOIA lawsuit that show the CIA deployed personnel to Washington, DC on January 6, 2021.

The records include a series of text messages under the heading "January 7 Intel Chain" in which two separate references to participation by the CIA are made. One states that "two CIA bomb techs" are assisting with "a pipe bomb scene on New Jersey and D ST SE." Another record references "several CIA dog teams on standby."