FBI Stopped Probe Into Pedophile Due to Focus on Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

Published on November 18, 2023

The FBI stopped investigating a person who shared child pornography and expressed interest in having sex with a minor because of the bureau’s focus on the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, according to newly disclosed information. An undercover FBI agent posing as a father of a 9-year-old boy was messaged by a person who said he was a 28-year-old man living in Virginia. The man said he wanted to travel to Washington to have sex with the 9-year-old and shared child porn videos with the undercover agent. The FBI’s Washington Field Office was investigating the man in late 2020, identifying him through subpoenas as Brogan Welsh, according to a court filing by FBI detective Thomas Sullivan....