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2025-01-03 Government Corruption
FBI releases video showing January 2021 pipe bomb suspect planting device outside DNC, RNC offices in DC
[FoxNews] The suspect left two bombs near the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee offices on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol

The FBI on Thursday released a new video allegedly showing the Jan. 5, 2021 suspect who planted pipe bombs outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee offices in Washington, D.C.
Why? And why now, just before Trump nominee Kash Patel takes over?
Along with the video, the FBI also revealed that the suspect is believed to be about 5-foot, 7-inches tall in an effort to elicit new tips from the public ahead of the fourth anniversary of the crime.

The FBI noted that a $500,000 reward is still available for tips that lead to an arrest.

The attempted attack occurred on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, but there is no clear link between the two events.

"Without being able to confirm the suspect’s identity, it is very hard to definitively establish motive," David Sundberg, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington field office, told The Associated Press. "Therefore, it would be difficult for us to state that there is a link, although we can’t state there is not one."

Investigators aren’t even sure if the suspect is a man or a woman.

The suspect was wearing a grey hoodie, face mask, black gloves and Nike Air Max Speed Turf shoes, the FBI said, adding that fewer than 25,000 pairs of the shoes were sold between August 2018 and the time of the attack.

"Based on attire, those are probably the most remarkable or distinctive feature when it comes to clothing the suspect wore," Sundberg said. "We're hoping that somebody might recognize that."

The FBI has assessed over 600 tips, reviewed about 39,000 video files and conducted more than 1,000 interviews over the past four years.

The new video shows the suspect placing the first bomb near a bench outside the Democratic National Committee building just before 8 p.m.

The suspect then placed the second bomb in an alley behind the Republican National Committee building at around 8:16 p.m. and was last seen in surveillance footage two minutes later walking past a row of D.C. houses wearing a backpack that investigators believe they used to transport the pipe bombs.

"We still believe there is someone out there who has information they may not have realized was significant until now," the narrator of the FBI video said. "We’re asking you to come forward and share that information with the FBI."

No one was hurt in the attempted attack and the bombs were rendered safe, but the FBI said it could have been deadly.

Both Vice President Kamala Harris and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were near the DNC office before the first bomb was found on the afternoon of Jan. 6 and deactivated.
Posted by Skidmark 2025-01-03 01:18|| || Front Page|| [11145 views ]  Top

#1 House GOP criticizes security failures, raises questions about missing suspect in J6 pipe bomb case
Posted by Skidmark 2025-01-03 05:26||   2025-01-03 05:26|| Front Page Top

#2 FBI Decides to Punch Itself in the Face Again With This Update on the J6 Bomber
Posted by Frank G 2025-01-03 08:04||   2025-01-03 08:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Detained and arrested thousands at J6, can't seem to find the bomber.
Posted by Besoeker 2025-01-03 10:01||   2025-01-03 10:01|| Front Page Top

#4 This pipe bomb, was it perchance made of PVC?
Posted by SteveS 2025-01-03 10:45||   2025-01-03 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 His shoes.

Watching Sx and the City re-runs?
Posted by swksvolFF 2025-01-03 11:37||   2025-01-03 11:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Someone once showed a picture of the pipe bomb compared to a picture of an FBI dummy training pipe bomb mock-up. They exactly matched. It shows just how good the FBI modelers are where they can predict how future pipe bombs might look. That is a very high level of professionalism.
Posted by Super Hose 2025-01-03 12:01||   2025-01-03 12:01|| Front Page Top

#7 The FBI says only 25000 pairs of those shoes were purchased but no mention how many pairs of those Nike’s were stolen.
Posted by Airandee 2025-01-03 12:22||   2025-01-03 12:22|| Front Page Top

#8 In the churn ...

'Radical' FBI practices on DEI 'endangered' Americans, Blackburn says in letter demanding answers from Wray
Posted by Skidmark 2025-01-03 12:39||   2025-01-03 12:39|| Front Page Top

#9 "Hey mista, I know where you got dem shoes... and dat other stuff!"
"Agent Smith, deal that kid in!"
Posted by Pancho Poodle8452 2025-01-03 21:06||   2025-01-03 21:06|| Front Page Top

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