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WASHINGTON – FBI is investigating whether foreign governments, organizations or individuals have provided financial support to extremists who helped plan and execute the Jan.6 attack on Capitol Hill, a current and former official said from the FBI to NBC News.
As part of the investigation, the bureau is examining payments of $ 500,000 in bitcoin, apparently by a French national, to key figures and groups in the alt-just before the riot, the sources said. These payments were documented and posted to the web this week by a company that analyzes cryptocurrency transfers. Payments of bitcoin, a cryptocurrency, can be traced because they are documented in a public ledger.
Separately, a joint threat assessment released this week by the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and various other federal and Washington area police departments noted that since the January 6 riot, ” Russian, Iranian and Chinese influence seized the opportunity. to amplify the stories in the pursuit of their policy …
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