FBI informants present on January 6??

There is a tendency on social media and among pundits and politicians to spin news to make it seem like much more than it really is.

Because the FBI had informants among the January 6th rioters doesn't mean that the FBI was encouraging or causing the January 6th riot, as the conspiracy theorists claim.

Likewise, the left spun this riot into an insurrection because they could use this to claim that Donald Trump would be ineligible to run for president.  However, nobody was charged with insurrection, which is a felony.  You can't really have an insurrection without arms.  Some guards at the Captial Building waved people in, offering no resistance.  Although the counting was delayed, order was restored and the counting resumed.

I understand the government punishing people who broke the law, but they have gone extreme with this, and there are many people imprisoned who probably should not be, including some seniors.  This was the same year that Black Lives Matter riots did billions of dollars of damage, including some government buildings.

I am angry with the left who says that Donald Trump started or is responsible for an insurrection.  Donald Trump very clearly told people to protest peacefully.  Furthermore, there was evidence of trouble ahead of time, so Trump offered Pelosi National Guard protection which would have prevented all this, but she turned it down.