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Disputes over the policies, conduct, and oversight of law enforcement agencies.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
2 statements on this page. Dates: September 2, 2026 to September 21, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: September 2, 2026 to September 21, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: September 2, 2026 to September 21, 2026
1 published statement. Dates: September 21, 2026
1 statement on this page. Dates: September 21, 2026
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district
Response to this claim
The FBI knew who planted the January 2021 pipe bombs but concealed that information.
“All of the people who took credit at the podium upon the arrest of Brian Cole Jr. are complicit, either through negligence or malfeasance. Mr. Cole is not the J5/J6 pipe bomber, and the identity of the actual perpetrator is being obscured.”
Massie's own post on X, with a photo of the officials who announced Cole's arrest in December 2025.
Reference point: the accusation that FBI officials knew the bomber's identity and concealed it. Massie asserts that the real perpetrator's identity is being obscured and that the officials who announced the arrest, including FBI leaders, are complicit. That advances the concealment allegation, which this case labels Condemned, as with Bongino's January 2025 remark. We did not use Mixed or conditional because the words "negligence or malfeasance" leave the officials' motive open but not his conclusion that the identity is being hidden. Evidence: primary, Massie's own post on X.
1 published statement. Dates: September 2, 2026
1 statement on this page. Dates: September 2, 2026
Role at the time: U.S. representative from Kentucky
Statement summary
Massie proposed cutting federal funding for automated license-plate readers, with specified border and toll exceptions.
“Federal taxpayers should not be forced to fund the surveillance state.”
Bill announcement, funding scope, exceptions, and sponsor quotations
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Massie said federal taxpayers should not be forced to fund the surveillance state and proposed cutting federal funding for the readers, with border and toll exceptions. A funding cut that leaves other uses open fits Mixed or conditional.
