WASHINGTON — President Trump raged Saturday at the bombshell report alleging the FBI had 274 plainclothes in the crowd on Jan. 6, 2021 — declaring that the bureau’s former director Christopher Wray “has some major explaining to do.”

The FBI had privately acknowledged the existence of those agents, despite a Justice Department Inspector General report denying that they were there, according to a Blaze report on Thursday. However, the FBI clarified after Trump’s post that not all of them were at the Capitol when the riot began.

“It was just revealed that the FBI had secretly placed, against all Rules, Regulations, Protocols, and Standards, 274 FBI Agents into the Crowd just prior to, and during, the January 6th Hoax,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“This is different from what Director Christopher Wray stated, over and over again!” he went on. “I want to know who each and every one of these so-called ‘Agents’ are, and what they were up to on that now ‘Historic’ Day.

“Christopher Wray, the then Director of the FBI, has some major explaining to do. That’s two in a row, Comey and Wray.”

The report did not make it fully clear if all those 274 plainclothes agents were supposedly in the crowd that ransacked the Capitol that day or if they were in other crowds engaging in protest activity. 

Following Trump’s Truth Social post, FBI Director Kash Patel clarified that many of those agents had been sent into the field after the riot began.

“Agents were sent into a crowd control mission after the riot was declared by Metro Police – something that goes against FBI standards,” Patel told Fox News. “This was the failure of a corrupt leadership that lied to Congress and to the American people about what really happened.”

“Thanks to agents coming forward, we are now uncovering the truth. We are fully committed to transparency, and justice and accountability continues with this FBI.”

The official Justice Department watchdog released a report last year about the Capitol riot, claiming, “we found no evidence in the materials we reviewed or the testimony we received showing or suggesting that the FBI had undercover employees in the various protest crowds, or at the Capitol, on January 6.”

However, that same report noted that the FBI had 26 confidential human sources in the Jan. 6, 2021 crowd. That includes four who entered the Capitol Building despite not being authorized to do so.

Earlier this month, the GOP-led House voted to form a new subcommittee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. 

“With that many paid informants being in the crowd, we want to know how many were in the crowd, how many were in the building, but I also want to know, were they paid to inform or instigate?”  Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), who chairs the subcommittee, told “Just the News” on Sept. 23.

The Post has contacted the FBI for comment. 

Wray previously testified to Congress that the bureau did not instigate the riot, but refused to disclose how many informants were there that day.

“If you’re asking if the violence at the Capitol was part of some operation orchestrated by FBI sources or agents, the answer is no!” outgoing FBI director Christopher Wray told lawmakers in July of last year.

On Thursday, Wray’s predecessor, James Comey, was indicted on accusations of making a false statement to Congress. The charges stem from Comey denying to Congress that he authorized a leak to the media about the existence of an FBI investigation into Trump and a second one into Hillary Clinton. 

The indictment was handed down days before the statute of limitations in the matter was set to expire. 

Earlier this year, Trump issued a mass pardon of rioters who had been convicted on charges related to the storming of the Capitol. 

“Many Great American Patriots were made to pay a very big price only for the love of their Country. I owe this investigation of ‘Dirty Cops and Crooked Politicians to them!” Trump added.