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Leaked Footage Reveals Undercover Officers Provoking Protesters on Jan 6th Capitol Riot

ByAlki David

Mar 29, 2023
William Pope, of Topeka, was among the crowd near The Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, where he attended former President Trump’s speech at the “Stop the Steal” rally. U.S. Justice Department evidence photo.

Newly leaked footage from January 6th has revealed undercover officers from the DC Metropolitan Police pushing protesters to move towards the US Capitol and helping them climb the scaffolding outside the building. The full video was leaked on Rumble by an anonymous account named OverwatchJ6.

According to The Epoch Times, a federal prosecutor admitted in court papers that three DC Metropolitan Police officers acted as provocateurs at the northwest steps of the US Capitol on Jan 6th. The admission was made in a filing seeking to keep video footage shot by the officers under court seal.

The prosecutors accused William Pope of Topeka, Kansas, of trying to unmask the video as part of his alleged strategy to try the case in the news media. However, Pope argued that the footage was crucial for defending himself against the charges.

The J6 protesters have been held indefinitely in pre-trial detention and reportedly tortured in prison. Many believe that they are being denied their right to a fair trial, and the fact that these cases are being tried in DC has been criticized as a blatant attempt to bias the already biased juries against them.

The newly leaked footage raises serious questions about the role of law enforcement in the Jan 6th Capitol riot and the fairness of the ongoing trials.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.