[Mr Rogers]

Seems like even an organization as incompetent as the FBI ought to be able to say, within 30 minutes, "This is a bomb" or "This just looks kind of bomb-ish." And since they haven't confirmed they were actual bombs, I'm betting on "bomb-ish".

[LegendHasIt]

I KNEW the minute the Deep State FBI got their hands on them, rather than a local bomb squad, we would never hear the truth about them; They will spin, obfuscate and lie to whatever suits their agenda at any moment.

It would take me about two minutes of examination to tell you for certain whether there was an actual explosive or deflagration substance inside them, whether there was an operational igniter/detonator as part of the device, and what the effective blast radius of the device was, if indeed they were capable of such.

But a a whole day later the FBI won’t say anything definite.

[MNJohnnie]

And they are deliverer obfuscating instead of telling the simple truth. Were these bombs? Could they have detonated?

The fact they will NOT answer that question without obfuscation and deflection suggest the answer is “No, they are not bombs”