A recent report by the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight has raised serious questions about the FBI's handling of the investigation into the pipe bomber involved in the January 6 incident.
The report suggests that the FBI ceased its search for the suspect last year and may have concealed crucial evidence. The Bureau is now reportedly refusing to cooperate with Congressional investigators.
According to Gateway Pundit, the report supports claims made by former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino in September. Bongino, citing a whistleblower, stated that law enforcement agents were briefed about the pipe bombs found at the RNC and DNC headquarters the day after their discovery. The agents were shown a picture of a suspect in a hoodie. However, the whistleblower alleges that two days later, the agents were ordered to stand down. "But two days later after the pipe bombs, he notes, emphasis his without explanation, they were told to stand down! No need to look for the guy anymore, Bongino said.
This assertion contradicts previous statements made by FBI Director Christopher Wray. The report released by Loudermilk provides additional information supporting Bongino's whistleblower account. It states that despite significant investigative steps taken by the FBI, including identifying multiple persons of interest, issuing search warrants, reviewing hours of security camera footage, and analyzing the components of the pipe bombs, the individual responsible for planting the bombs remains unidentified nearly four years later.
Loudermilk's report also highlights a discrepancy regarding whether the FBI received "corrupted" cellular data from cell carriers. "There is conflicting information as to whether the FBI received corrupted cellular data from the major cell carriers. A former senior FBI official testified that the major cell carrier companies provided corrupted cell data to the FBI and suggested that that corrupted data may have contained the identity of the pipe bomber; however, in responses to letters from the Subcommittee, the major cell carriers confirmed that they did not provide corrupted data to the FBI and that the FBI never notified them of any issues with accessing the cellular data, the House report stated.
The narrative that an unidentified suspect planted pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC headquarters on January 5, the night before the Capitol riot, has been prevalent for years. However, the FBI has yet to identify the individual responsible. The discovery of the bombs led to the shutdown of the US Capitol on January 6.
However, recently released video footage from January 6 shows a police officer carrying a bag towards the location of the DNC 'pipe bomb' at 12:51 pm on Jan. 6 just 15 minutes before the 'explosive device' was discovered by another officer. This raises questions about whether the bombs were actually planted the night before, as initially reported.
The report also highlights the fact that no Secret Service agent saw the pipe bomb during a sweep of the building before Vice President Kamala Harris arrived that day. Furthermore, a bomb-sniffing dog that was brought to the location earlier in the day failed to detect the bomb.
Last year, footage from January 6 showed a highly-trained bomb-sniffing dog missing the DNC 'pipe bomb' just a few feet away at approximately 9:51 am. Additionally, Secret Service agents seemed unconcerned that a deadly 'pipe bomb' was discovered within close proximity to Vice President Harris. Harris's Secret Service detail arrived at 11:25 am that morning and did not find the pipe bomb, suggesting it was likely planted by the police officer 90 minutes later.
Darren Beattie of Revolver News joined Tucker Carlson to discuss the footage, expressing shock at how "utterly unconcerned both the metro PD and the Secret Service are about being informed that there was a pipe bomb literally within feet of them and within feet of their protectee, VP-elect Kamala Harris.
Beattie also suggested that the bomb was planted later, to be conveniently found, along with the RNC bomb, within a 15-minute time frame that perfectly coincided with the unfolding breach of the Capitol. He stated, Thanks to new footage presented by Julie Kelly, overwhelming likely that the FBI surveillance footage is fake and the bombs were actually planted not the evening before but day of Jan 6,
The FBI is also accused of withholding critical surveillance footage of the pipe bomber sitting on the bench. This withholding of evidence raises further questions about the FBI's handling of the investigation and the true timeline of events on January 6. The public and Congress are left to wonder about the true nature of the events that unfolded that day and the role of the FBI in investigating them.
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