Wray calls conspiracy theories of FBI involvement in January 6 ‘ludicrous’ – as it happened

FBI director Christopher Wray appears before House panel as White House condemns Republican attacks on law enforcement

• Full report: House Republicans grill Wray

In his testimony to the House judiciary committee, the FBI director, Christopher Wray, decried conspiracy theories promoted by rightwing figures such as former Fox News host Tucker Carlson as well as some Republican lawmakers that the bureau's agents were involved in the January 6 insurrection.

Wray's comments came in an exchange with Democratic congressman Steve Cohen, who asked Wray whether Ray Epps, a man Carlson and others have claimed was a government agent and provoked the storming of the US Capitol, worked for the FBI.