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Did the FBI Plant Pipe Bombs in DC on Jan. 6?
Hot Air ^ | January 21, 2024 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 01/21/2024 9:03:01 AM PST by george76

This story has been making the rounds again in the wake of the third anniversary of the Capitol Hill riot, so we may as well take a look at it. It’s either one of the craziest conspiracy theories of the modern era or a scandalous indictment of our federal law enforcement system. As almost everyone surely knows by now, some person or persons planted pipe bombs outside of both the RNC and DNC headquarters in Washington the night before the riot. Yet three years later, no arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified. The story attracted renewed interest after Tucker Carlson featured an interview with someone suggesting that the entire thing was an inside job, perhaps pulled off by the FBI or other government officials. That sounds like something ripped from the pages of a cut-rate conspiracy fantasy novel, or at least it would in a more normal world. But as Matt Margolis points out at PJ Media, other, more plausible explanations for the government’s failure to identify a suspect are few and far between.

If you were anywhere near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, the federal government has been able to figure that out. In fact, the Biden Administration recently announced it wasn’t just going to limit its aggressive prosecution and denial of due process rights to those who entered the Capitol Building peacefully, but even those who stayed outside…

Yet, with all the technology they have to identify any random person who was anywhere near the Capitol that day, one big mystery remains: who planted pipe bombs at RNC and DNC headquarters the day before?

They have surveillance footage of a suspect. And yet, three years later, the FBI has managed to track down every nonviolent observer and elderly grandmother who was in town that day, but not this suspect. The FBI’s handling of this particular aspect of their J6 investigation has been suspicious, to say the least, and the agency has failed to comply with requests from Congress for more information about it.

To be clear, the FBI hasn’t been entirely silent about the case. They claim that it remains a top priority for them and they have been working diligently on solving it. They even put up a half-million dollar reward for any information leading to the arrest of the bomber. Yet nothing has come of these alleged efforts. CBS published a retrospective of what is and isn’t known about the incident on the anniversary of the riot. (It’s definitely worth a look if you want to catch up on the details.) But Tucker Carlson raised some valid questions and there is so much about the attempted attack that simply makes no sense whether you believe it was an inside job or some random maniac seeking to cause mayhem and death.

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If you haven’t watched the Tucker Carlson interview I linked above, you really should. An originally unidentified man wearing a backpack approaches two vehicles parked adjacent to the DNC headquarters shortly after 1 pm on January 6. One vehicle belongs to the Capitol Hill Police (CHP) and the other contains Secret Service agents. The man (who we later learned was a CHP officer who was either off-duty or undercover) informs both the CHP and the Secret Service that there is a bomb planted a very short distance from them under the bench outside of the DNC. Their response seems to be complete apathy. It takes a few minutes for them to get out of their cars. They allow a group of children to cross at the intersection and walk within feet of the bomb. Another officer shows up and comes within feet of the bomb to take a picture of it. Only later is a robot summoned to remove and/or defuse the bomb. And all of this was happening when VP-elect Kamala Harris was scheduled to arrive.

If you were the CHP or the Secret Service and a law enforcement official informed you that there was a bomb only feet away from you, wouldn’t you immediately cordon off the entire area and call for more backup? Would you allow schoolchildren to stroll past the bomb? Shouldn’t there have been some sense of urgency?

Then there is the question of the bombs themselves. The FBI claims that they were “viable” and not fake, posing a “danger to the public.” But the only detonating mechanism they discovered was a 60-minute kitchen timer. There was no remote detonation mechanism installed allowing for a cellphone or other device to set them off at a distance. To be fair, perhaps that means that the design was flawed. But the bombs were planted the night before. We know the time because they have a suspect on video who is believed to have planted them. And what did they hope to accomplish by blowing up a park bench near the street? Wouldn’t they at least have attached them to the building somehow?

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What was the motive of the bomber? If it was some crazed Trump supporter who was angry over a stolen election, we might understand wanting to blow up the DNC. Buy why bomb the RNC as well? You might be tempted to think that a second bomber aligned with the Democrats was involved, but would two people create virtually identical bombs with the same flaws making them nonfunctional, and place them in two locations within minutes of each other? That’s simply nonsensical.

None of this adds up. The newly released video is damning, at least in my opinion. If that was a real attempt at a bombing, the response from the CHP and the Secret Service should have been immediate and overwhelming. If law enforcement has a better explanation, they aren’t telling the public what it is. Something stinks to high heaven here and the House GOP has one more huge item on their plate to investigate now.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dnc; electionfraud; electionintegrity; fbi; fbiakastasi; fedsurrection; fraud; j6; jan6; january6; pipebomb; pipebombs; riggedelection; secretservice; stolenelection; votefraud; voterfraud; votingfraud
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1 posted on 01/21/2024 9:03:01 AM PST by george76
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To: george76

Yes, or they were told NOT to investigate by their boss.


2 posted on 01/21/2024 9:06:15 AM PST by I want the USA back (Delusionary people should not be given power over normal people.)
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To: george76

“the House GOP has one more huge item”

the “huge item” was the stolen election.

Trump won in a landslide. Since then, the propaganda machine has been non-stop overdrive denying that it ever happened, labeling it “baseless allegations”, their steal as “fortifying democracy”, lawsuits and prosecutions of anyone who points it out or actually gets close to the truth, and Draconian sentences for anyone who dared to protest it.

When does the so-called GOP investigate THAT?


3 posted on 01/21/2024 9:08:36 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: george76

The Secret Service was in on it. It’s obvious by looking at the tape.


4 posted on 01/21/2024 9:10:43 AM PST by roving (Deplorable Listless Vessel Trumpist With Trumpitis and a Rainbow Bully)
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To: george76
Did Potts and Horiuchi get promotions and corner offices with a view?

Yes.

5 posted on 01/21/2024 9:12:00 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: george76

Is the Pope Marxist?


6 posted on 01/21/2024 9:14:19 AM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: Scrambler Bob

LOL! I was about to post the usual “is the Pope...” and then realized that the answer is NO!


7 posted on 01/21/2024 9:16:29 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: george76

When I heard them allege a, “Passerby” discovered the bomb, then much later it was reveled the “passerby” was a cop...It reeked bad...


8 posted on 01/21/2024 9:17:55 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: george76

The only rational explanation that fits the known facts. Part of the FBIs dna is to do this kind of crap. Remember Cointelpro from the 1970s? I do.


9 posted on 01/21/2024 9:21:56 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: george76

Pelosi did a lot of lawless things to blame Trump; just ask Ray Epps.


10 posted on 01/21/2024 9:22:50 AM PST by chopperk (e )
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To: All

Dan Bongino discusses this on Friday’s podcast.

https://rumble.com/v47z2ku-explosive-video-surfaces-about-the-jan.-6th-bomber-ep.-2169-01192024.html

Very lengthy article by revolver news. They have been covering this since it happened.

https://revolver.news/2024/01/secret-service-foreknowledge-or-criminal-negligence-damning-new-evidence-surfaces-fbi-january-6-pipe-bomb-story/


11 posted on 01/21/2024 9:23:08 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: george76

Yes


12 posted on 01/21/2024 9:25:28 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: dragnet2

Secret Service allowed a group of children to walk past the “pipe bomb” planted outside the DNC ..

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4211530/posts


13 posted on 01/21/2024 9:25:34 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

“The story attracted renewed interest after Tucker Carlson featured an interview with someone suggesting that the entire thing was an inside job, perhaps pulled off by the FBI or other government officials....”
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“Someone”? Couldn’t name Darren Beattie who has done an incredible amount of work digging into this?? What gives....


14 posted on 01/21/2024 9:25:54 AM PST by hecticskeptic (Q. What’s the difference between a conspiracy theory and the truth? A. About 6 months....)
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To: george76

Bears, woods, all that.


15 posted on 01/21/2024 9:28:35 AM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: hinckley buzzard

I also remember someone in the federal police establishment drafting and sending a letter to Dr. King telling him to kill himself.


16 posted on 01/21/2024 9:37:29 AM PST by laconic
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To: VTenigma

all that sounds like scat. A real steamer.


17 posted on 01/21/2024 9:39:46 AM PST by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: sasquatch

I’ve got a scat on my back,

Or poop, you could call it that,

Makes me feel so proud,

Everybody sing out loud.


18 posted on 01/21/2024 9:44:53 AM PST by reagandemocrat
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To: george76

Does a bear sh**? You get the picture.


19 posted on 01/21/2024 9:47:10 AM PST by drypowder
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To: reagandemocrat

Had a husky that would ‘perfume’ herself by rolling in the most nasty dead stuff on the beach. There were times when she almost got left on the beach.


20 posted on 01/21/2024 9:55:14 AM PST by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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