The investigation was announced in a letter sent by Representative Carolyn Maloney, chairwoman of the committee, to FBI Director Christopher Wray.

In her letter, she said that in addition to the oversight panel’s investigation, she is asking the bureau to “conduct a robust examination of the role that the social media site Parler played in the assault, including as a potential facilitator of planning and incitement related to the violence, as a repository of key evidence posted by users on its site, and as a potential conduit for foreign governments who may be financing civil unrest in the United States.”

Speaking to The Washington Post, Maloney said, “I am going to get to the bottom of who owns and funds social media platforms like Parler that condone and create violence.”

In her letter, Maloney included several examples of violent rhetoric seen on Parler. “One post reportedly stated: ‘To all our enemies high and low you want a war? Well your [sic] asking for one.’ It added: ‘To the American people on the ground in DC today and all over this great nation, be prepared for anything…. Now we are here. Now they get what they want,’” according to the letter.

Maloney also included an example, from an unsealed complaint, where the Department of Justice alleged that one Parler post said, “Headed to D.C. to give the GOP some back bone—to let them know this is their last chance to Stop The Steal—or they are going to have bigger problems than these coddled Antifa burning down their safe spaces.”

Maloney concluded her letter by saying that “as the Committee conducts its own investigation of these matters to inform its oversight and legislative efforts, I request a meeting with appropriate FBI officials on the status and scope of its review, consistent with protecting the integrity of law enforcement efforts on this front.”

Newsweek was directed to Maloney’s letter after reaching out to her office and the House Oversight Committee for comment.

Newsweek reached out to the FBI and Parler for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.