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Why Is the FBI Ignoring Far-Right Violence Taking Place in the Open?

IN PLAIN SIGHT

Congress needs to go beyond the crimes of Jan. 6 to the larger question of what the FBI has been doing—and not—to combat violent domestic extremists.

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By Jeff Stein

Amid the silent sniffles and eye-dabbing last week as four policemen recounted how they struggled to hold off the howling pro-Trump mobs on Jan.

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