5 lies about January 6 EXPOSED



It’s been four years and a day since the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots transpired. Democrats and the legacy media have used the event to label Trump and his supporters as violent and anti-democratic, to convince the nation that Trump intentionally incited an insurrection to overturn the election results, and to rewrite history by claiming that it was “the darkest day” America has ever seen.

This narrative resulted in prison sentences for hundreds of Americans, many of whom were nonviolent attendees.

However, as time has gone on, the narrative surrounding January 6 has been unraveling as more information has come to light.

The truth is — nearly everything we’ve been told about January 6 is a lie.

Glenn Beck exposes all the facets of the J6 narrative as the egregious fabrications they are.

 

These “bombshells” of information that disprove the J6 narrative are what should formulate the true “message of January 6,” says Glenn.

What’s the message then?

That what really happened on January 6 reveals “the truth about our government, its accountability, and the lengths that it will go to preserve its version of a story even when it is all a lie,” says Glenn.

1. Pipe bomb lies

In the afternoon of January 6, 2021, Americans were warned that two pipe bombs capable of causing “catastrophic harm” were found near the RNC and DNC headquarters.

Why then was Vice President-elect Kamala Harris rushed to the DNC? And why did the Secret Service delete all of the records related to Harris’ whereabouts?

“Now we know the investigation into these bombs was woefully insufficient. ... Surveillance footage was ignored, cameras were turned off just hours before the pipe bomb was laid, cell phone data in both places, we were told, was corrupted,” Glenn explains. The truth is, “The only thing that was corrupted was our own government and FBI.”

Bombshell reports have since revealed that “the data was not corrupted according to the cell phone companies; they were never asked to turn over the information to the FBI. ... Critical leads went unpursued,” and because of this, “Four years later, questions about the bomber's identity still remain unanswered,” says Glenn.

Why the lack of investigation into a critical incident that could have killed the vice president-elect and destroyed the republic?

“What if the pipe bombs were nothing more than a convenient distraction, a justification to escalate security measures and cast a broader shadow over what they hoped would unfold that day?” asks Glenn, adding that “it is our duty as citizens” to ask these questions “because we now know our government lied.”

2. FBI informants

We also know as a fact now that 26 FBI informants were on the Capitol grounds that day but didn’t actually enter the building.

“What were they doing there? Were they infiltrating the crowd? Were they guiding its behavior? Were they acting as provocators?” asks Glenn, adding that “the presence [of these 26 informants] raises troubling concerns about how much of January 6 was actually organic and how much was orchestrated.”

3. Pelosi and media squashed Trump’s authorization of National Guard

It has now been verified as fact that two days prior to January 6, Donald Trump indeed “authorized the deployment of the National Guard, citing concerns over potential unrest at the Capitol on January 6.”

However, his concerns went ignored.

“His offer was rebuffed by Nancy Pelosi and the Capitol police,” says Glenn, asking, “Who in the chain of command chose to disregard this presidential directive?”

Then the mainstream media ignored Trump’s offers to deploy the National Guard and instead blasted out the narrative that he “wanted the chaos.”

“This glaring emission from mainstream narrative exposes just how much the January 6 story has been manipulated to fit a preconceived conclusion,” says Glenn.

4. Death of Ashli Babbitt

Ashli Babbitt, “a decorated Air Force veteran ... was shot and killed on live TV by a Capitol police officer while attempting to climb through a broken window.”

And yet, “Her death was ruled justified almost immediately.”

However, bombshell reporting has since revealed that the officer who killed her, who’s long been shielded from scrutiny and hailed as a hero, actually “violated multiple procedural rules” and “is now under investigation for misconduct so severe it could lead to criminal charges,” says Glenn. “[Ashli’s] story was buried under a mountain of political narratives.”

5. Tech allies offer up data to weaponized justice system

Glenn reveals how our corrupt justice system utilized its “allies in social media” and “high-tech global corporations” to obtain “location data” on individuals who were simply in Washington, D.C., on January 6 and use it for political persecution.

“January 6 wasn't about Trump supporters or Democrats in the media. It was about a system that thrives on division and chaos — a system that uses fear to control us,” he explains, asking, “If federal agencies can lie, manipulate, and withhold the truth about January 6, what are they not capable of doing?”

To hear more of Glenn’s analysis, watch the clip above.

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'Egregious' security failures mar attempts to catch the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, House report says



Federal law enforcement agencies responding to reports of two pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, were guilty of “egregious safety and security failures” for not securing the crime scenes and allowing the House speaker and vice president-elect to come within feet of one of the devices, a U.S. House of Representatives investigation concludes.

An interim joint report of the House Judiciary Committee and the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight did not address some major topics, however, including how CCTV security cameras were turned away from one crime scene and whether the pipe bombs could have been planted on Jan. 6 — not Jan. 5, as the FBI has long maintained.

The report showed that the FBI amassed 105 million data points in the case — including on the gray-hooded person thought to have planted the bombs on Jan. 5 — yet has not identified the person or made any arrests four years later.

Just as the House report was released, the FBI published new information on the alleged pipe bomber, along with a slightly longer video showing an individual sitting on a bench near the Democratic National Committee building. The video is black and white with the same low frame rate as previous videos released by the FBI.

 

“The FBI and its law enforcement partners had interviewed approximately 1,000 individuals, visited more than 1,200 residences and businesses, assessed more than 500 tips, and collected more than 39,000 video files,” the report said. “Furthermore, as of April 2021, the FBI had compiled thirty different datasets from multiple sources, including hardware stores, shoe vendors, and cell carrier companies, and had collected over 105,000,000 data points.”

A motive has not been determined, but a major effect of the bombs was to occupy police at a critical time, the report said.

“The discovery of both pipe bombs, which had been laying outside for more than 16 hours, occurred within minutes of Congress’s vote to certify the 2020 presidential election and resulted in federal law enforcement diverting considerable resources away from the United States Capitol,” the report said. “As a result, while law enforcement responded to the pipe bombs, protesters breached security perimeters at the Capitol and entered the building.”

'Somebody’s not doing their job.'

The law enforcement miscues began hours before the bombs were discovered behind the Capitol Hill Club near the Republican National Committee building and on the side of the Democratic National Committee building, the report said.

“On January 6, 2021, the actions of federal law enforcement before, during, and after the discovery of the pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC constituted a series of egregious safety and security failures,” the report said.

The U.S. Secret Service failed to conduct a proper search of the DNC property, with agents and bomb-sniffing dogs operating in close proximity to the pipe bomb, which was in plain view under a park bench near the building, the report said.

This failure allowed Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ motorcade to enter the DNC garage just before 11:30 a.m., feet from the pipe bomb.

 After discovery of the pipe bomb next to the Democratic National Committee building on Jan. 6, 2021, agents milled about near the bomb and pedestrians were allowed to walk right through the blast zone.U.S. Capitol Police CCTV

Failure to secure the scene and establish a safe perimeter later allowed the motorcade of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to pass near the DNC building after Pelosi was evacuated from the Capitol.

“After the discovery of the pipe bomb, law enforcement failed to immediately secure and maintain a perimeter around the pipe bomb located on a pedestrian walkway outside the DNC,” the report said. “As a result, civilians and law enforcement officers routinely breached the perimeter and came within close proximity — in some cases within feet — of the viable device.”

'More than ten different USSS agents and two canine units passed within close proximity of the pipe bomb.'

Federal law enforcement “risked the safety and security of protectees during the evacuation from the Capitol,” the report said. “Despite repeated attempts to notify law enforcement stationed along the perimeter, numerous civilians, law enforcement officers, congressional leadership, and even trains passed by the pipe bombs, needlessly risking human life.”

The Secret Service’s decision not to employ proper bomb-detection resources was in part to blame for failure to detect the bomb, the report said.

“The USSS’s failure to identify the pipe bomb outside the DNC prior to Vice President-elect Harris’s arrival constituted a serious security failure,” the report said. “Caused in part by the USSS’s decision to not utilize critical explosive detection capabilities, more than ten different USSS agents and two canine units passed within close proximity of the pipe bomb, yet failed to identify the device, resulting in Vice President-elect Harris passing within feet of the pipe bomb.”

 According to federal law enforcement standards, the preferred evacuation distance from a pipe bomb is more than 1,200 feet.U.S. House of Representatives report

Secret Service personnel told investigators from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General that “a USSS officer should have been stationed outside of the DNC throughout the morning. Without an officer posted along the sidewalks or streets, the DNC was ultimately unsecured, allowing pedestrians to pass by the unidentified pipe bomb throughout the morning.”

Frustration from the Capitol Police dispatcher was evident as dozens of pedestrians and vehicles were continually allowed to travel directly past the DNC pipe bomb, the report said.

“This is the last time I’m going to ask this request,” one dispatcher said. “We need the unit in front of the Fairchild [building] at South Capitol and E to go one block south. They are in line of sight of this package. Additionally, whoever is in that K-9 vehicle parked on the east curb of South Capitol needs to move ASAP. No more vehicles need to be responding north on South Capitol past the package.”

Similar failures occurred in maintaining a safe perimeter at the RNC, the report said.

“Sir, I have people walking down First Street right in front of the Republican Club,” a dispatcher broadcast at 1:25 p.m. “Somebody’s not doing their job.”

Diversion of resources

While the FBI has failed over four years to establish a solid motive for the pipe bomber, one major effect of the devices is clear, the report said. The discovery of the pipe bombs at 12:43 and 1:05 p.m. drew significant police resources away from the U.S. Capitol and helped enable the swarming of the Capitol grounds by protesters, the report said.

 A civilian walks just feet from the U.S. Capitol Police bomb robot near the DNC on Jan. 6, 2021.U.S. House of Representatives

“The refusal of top FBI officials to acknowledge even the most self-evident aspects of the pipe bomb investigation nearly four years after they were planted is striking,” the report said. “The significance of the pipe bombs to how the events of January 6 unfolded cannot be overstated. The evidence suggests that the pipe bomber diverted significant law enforcement attention and resources away from the Capitol at the exact time they were needed most.”

The report questioned how the FBI could fail to crack the case after amassing huge datasets on possible suspects and persons of interest. It questioned how the bombs could have detonated on 60-minute egg timers.

“According to an FBI bomb technician who agreed to speak to committee staff on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, the FBI’s use of the term ‘viable’ is a deviation from the standard descriptions used by bomb technicians,” the report said.

“Traditionally, bomb technicians deliberately avoid using vague language, choosing instead to refer to a bomb as a ‘device’ if it would ‘function as designed’ or as a ‘hoax,’” the report said. “In the case of the pipe bombs, it is unclear why the FBI insists on using a vague, non-standard description.”

Former FBI Special Agent Kyle Seraphin, who worked on the pipe-bomb investigation, has told Blaze News the devices were not live bombs, based on a briefing his team received while doing surveillance work on the case.

The FBI developed lists of people who might have purchased the type of black powder found inside the pipe bombs, the report said. It tracked down lists of people who purchased similar egg timers. It probed lists of people who purchased Nike Air Max Speed Turf shoes like the ones worn by the suspected bomber.

 Pedestrians and Secret Service agents mill about near the allegedly live pipe bomb near the DNC headquarters just 5 minutes after its discovery on Jan. 6, 2021.U.S. Capitol Police, U.S. House of Representatives

“Most notably, the FBI identified a person of interest who owned a pair of Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers and who worked ‘in the area of the crime.’ In response to this lead, the case team conducted a ‘deep dive’ into this person of interest in an effort to establish ‘independent corroboration’ of this individual’s whereabouts on January 5.”

The bureau received enhanced video of the suspect’s backpack, but despite contacting 18 possible manufacturers, “the FBI had received ‘no positive responses’ from any of the manufacturers,” the report said.

“Despite the FBI’s extensive efforts, including identifying hundreds of purchases and transactions of the suspect’s shoes, the FBI has yet to identify the suspect,” the report said.

Topics not covered

The report did not address how several of the Capitol Police CCTV security cameras that cover the DNC building were turned away from the scene on Jan. 6, preventing investigators from determining more fully who accessed the area around the park bench.

A CCTV camera that showed the nearby bomb-squad staging area suddenly turned away from that scene just as a Capitol Police bomb robot was dispatched to the DNC building, according to Blaze News review of video footage.

The report also didn’t deal with security video footage from DNC cameras that overlook the park bench area. That footage could have determined definitively who planted the DNC device: either the gray-hooded suspect or a federal officer who was seen entering a dead zone between cameras just after 12:50 p.m. on Jan. 6.

A senior congressional source told Blaze News that Homeland Security OIG investigators were able to view about 40 minutes of DNC security video from the night of Jan. 5, and they came away convinced that the sweatshirt-wearing individual placed the bomb.

Still, the blind spot in camera coverage and the turned-away CCTV cameras on Jan. 6 are troubling, the source said.

It’s not clear whether the investigation into the pipe bombs will continue in the 119th U.S. Congress that will be sworn in on Jan. 3.

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Capitol Police turned cameras away from DNC pipe bomb probe. Blaze Media investigative journalist explains what they failed to hide.



Two apparently "inoperable" pipe bombs were placed out in the open near the Democratic and Republican Party headquarters in Washington, D.C., one day ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol protests in 2021. The official narrative about the bomb plot has strained under scrutiny in the years since.

For starters, Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker confirmed in January — despite persistent hounding by the Biden Department of Justice — that the so-called passerby who discovered the pipe bomb at the DNC happened to be a United States Capitol Police plainclothes officer.

Extra to the officer's serendipitous discovery, which does not appear to have troubled then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' Secret Service detail at the time, the FBI has so far failed to get their man despite both possessing footage of the suspect who placed the so-called bombs and knowing his route.

In Baker's continued deep dive into the mysteries surrounding the pipe bomb plot, the investigative journalist has found even more troubling indications that something was off about the investigation from the outset, the USCP-controlled cameras in particular.

In his review of countless hours of closed-circuit TV video footage made available to him by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), Baker found that three USCP surveillance cameras customarily pointed at the DNC office building were strangely turned away from the scene just after the discovery of the alleged explosive device. The third camera appears to have similarly been moved off-target, although footage obtained by Blaze News indicates it nevertheless managed to capture an interesting portion of the so-called bomb's disposal.

Although the CCTV cameras were swiftly diverted, Baker noted that there was apparently not a similar sense of urgency amongst responding law enforcement agencies in halting train service along the nearby tracks or chasing away the children ambling past the scene, all ostensibly at risk were the bomb both real and viable.

The officer who first discovered the bomb — where just hours before, a bomb-sniffing dog reportedly smelt nothing of interest — seemed especially unfazed by his discovery.

"I've mentioned before a lackadaisical response from everyone, but the actual plainclothes Capitol Police officer walks first over to the MPD police vehicle and he's not in any hurry," Baker told Blaze News. "If I'm a cop and I see a pipe with a timer on it, I'm running [to notify the relevant authorities], you know what I mean?"

Baker noted the officer's pace didn't soon hasten afterward. Rather, the officer can be seen sauntering over to the Secret Service vehicle associated with Kamala Harris, inside the DNC at the time, to alert them without any fanfare. According to Baker, Harris and the Secret Service managed to finish their lunches before taking action.

"There's nothing logical about that situation," said Baker.

The failure to promptly shut down the train, the delay in warning off pedestrians, and the generally "lackadaisical response" from the plainclothes USCP officer, the MPD and the Secret Service, were altogether enough to pique Baker's suspicions; however, the USCP's timely videography choices prompted even more questions about whether there may have been cause not to take the so-called bombs seriously at the time — perhaps because they were recognizable fakes or due to some other foreknowledge.

After all, Baker told Blaze News that there would have been no good reason to divert the cameras "except that you're trying to protect a certain type of technology," but that explanation does not appear to hold up either as the bomb disposal equipment used was not secret or unique.

Senior sources within the USCP indicated that camera diversions from such a critical probe would necessarily have been on the orders of "command-level" officials.

On Jan. 6, that would have made for a short list: Chief Steven Sund; Sean Gallagher, then-acting chief of uniformed operations; and Yogananda Pittman, assistant chief of police for protective and intelligence operations.

Baker shortened the list down further, leaving just Gallagher or Pittman as Sund previously indicated he wasn't notified about the DNC pipe bomb until after its discovery and minutes after the camera diversions were executed.

The timeline of the Jan. 6 protests at the Capitol also suggests Sund was too busy at the time calling in reinforcements, "but Gallagher and Pittman were both monitoring what was going on ... and they were the only ones with actual command authority to tell somebody to move that away," said Baker.

Camera number 3173, fixed on a view of the DNC parking garage since at least Dec. 28, 2020, reportedly began to pan and zoom in on the position of the device just minutes after the plainclothes USCP officer casually walked over a heads-up to a MPD police vehicle, then over to the Secret Service. However, just after 1:40 p.m., the camera was remotely directed away from the scene and left in that position until at least midnight.

Another camera, identified by the Epoch Times' Joe Hanneman, had an excellent bird's eye view from the rooftop of the nearby Fairchild Building of the scene prior to the device's supposed destruction by the bomb squad. That camera, too, was deliberately turned away from the scene just at 1:44 p.m. until the conclusion of the initial investigation and the bomb's destruction.

Pressed to speculate, Baker told Blaze News, "I believe somebody knew that these devices were inert, that these were not viable devices, and they did not want cameras on that scene."

Footage reviewed by Baker and obtained by Blaze News from a third camera further indicates an attempt to hide the investigation from public consumption. However, unlike the other two cameras, this one captured telling details about the so-called bomb's destruction.

Baker noted that the camera was "curiously not focused on the scene," even though when "panned out, it had the ability to see everything. In fact, from this camera, we actually see the motorcade go around to the other side of the building and take Kamala Harris away."

"At that camera position, we would be able to see the entire investigation. We'd be able to see the deployment of the robot. We'd be able to see the bomb crews. We'd be able to see the cleanup of the investigation afterwards," continued Baker. "But then suddenly, once again, this camera pulls into a very, very tight focus and you can't see the actual bomb."

Nevertheless, the camera appears to accidentally capture footage of the bomb squad's effort to destroy the so-called bomb.

"We see the robot suddenly come into frame at the far left of the screen and then we see the robot go over and pick up the bomb," said Baker.

Baker suspects that whoever was manning the camera likely forgot about it or "got distracted by the melee that was going on at the Capitol at the time," because the Metropolitan Police Department bomb squad robot can then be seen "clumsily" ditching the bomb against a curb instead of a bomb blast containment bin.

The so-called bomb can be seen breaking apart — apparently on account of a "bomb disposal water disruptor," which disarms explosive devices from a distance.

The rapid disintegration of the bomb absent an explosion is not confirmation that the bomb was unviable, said Baker. After all, that is precisely the outcome the water cannon is designed to achieve.

However, what the footage does appear to confirm is that the one good reason identified by former FBI Special Agent Kyle Seraphin to hide an investigation from prying eyes — to protect a sensitive technique or classified technologies — was not satisfied. After all, the robot and water disruptor technology are widely known and taught.

 

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As Jan. 6 pipe bomb probe breaks wide open, Blaze News investigative reporter Steve Baker, others ask what government has to hide



As the probe about the pipe bomb found on Jan. 6, 2021, at Democratic National Committee headquarters continues to gain traction, Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker and others are asking an all-important question: What does the U.S. government have to hide?

What are the details?

Baker — as part his ongoing analyses regarding the truth about Jan. 6 — last week broke new ground in the pipe bomb story: He asserted that the individual who found the alleged explosive device at DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., wasn't a "passerby," as had been endlessly parroted — the person was a United States Capitol Police plainclothes officer.

Baker noted that "multiple congressional staffers familiar with the investigation" confirmed this with Blaze News in the face of the FBI stonewalling inquiries into the individual's identity.

Video posted to the YouTube channel of U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) shows the individual in question — dressed in dark clothing and wearing a backpack — casually approaching a D.C. Metropolitan Police vehicle parked at the DNC just after 1 p.m., reportedly to inform law enforcement that he spotted what appeared to be a pipe bomb, Baker noted.

  Image source: YouTube screenshot

That same video also shows the person walking to the driver’s side of a black Secret Service SUV parked next to the Metro Police vehicle and speaking to those inside the Secret Service SUV, again without any apparent urgency, Baker said.

As it turns out, the alleged pipe bomb was located only 15 to 20 feet from the vehicles, Baker said. What's more, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris had arrived at the DNC building in that same Secret Service SUV only about 90 minutes earlier, Baker said — a fact that didn't come to light for a full year after Jan. 6.

Why Harris — who was still a U.S. senator on that date — was taken to the DNC that morning rather than to the Capitol to participate in the 2020 Electoral College vote certification remains a mystery, Baker added.

A bigger head-scratcher, Baker said, is why Harris and other Democrats haven't exploited her proximity to what the FBI called a "viable" explosive device that “could have been detonated, resulting in serious injury or death" to garner sympathy and support. Assuming that pipe bomb — and another found at Republican National Committee headquarters — was part of the violence of Jan. 6, why hasn't the Biden administration used it to underscore its narrative of that day?

Other questions Baker is continuing to explore include:

  • Why did a Secret Service agent and an MPD officer feel safe enough to finish their lunches before investigating the information about a bomb located only feet away after a law enforcement officer revealed its location to them?
  • How did the Secret Service fail to find the pipe bomb prior to Harris' arrival at the DNC — particularly because it was placed next to a bench the night before in plain sight, as if it was meant to be found?
  • Why did operators in the Capitol Police Command Center deliberately redirect CCTV cameras away from the DNC pipe bomb investigation and detonation?
  • Was the DNC pipe bomb really a “viable” device, despite never-before-seen video evidence to the contrary?

Other investigative journalists weigh in

Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag penned a Saturday investigative story for Public about the discovery of the pipe bombs at the Democratic and Republican HQs. Significantly, they noted that the whole thing "should have been a national scandal."

The authors said that while the pipe bombs initially were "key to the narrative that the Capitol riot was a premeditated act of domestic terrorism," for some reason they're omitted from the detailed analysis and timeline of an 841-page official report from the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 6 — and relegated only to a brief mention in an appendix.

Shellenberger and Gutentag offered what could be a possible explanation: While the FBI called the pipe bombs "viable," Kyle Seraphin — a former FBI agent who worked on the investigation — said technicians from the Joint Program Office for Countering IEDs told him the devices lacked the necessary assembly to operate.

The Public story also said the FBI released CCTV videos and photos of the pipe bomb suspect "holding a cell phone and possibly texting" — which would make it easy for the FBI to identify the cell phone user. However, Shellenberger and Gutentag revealed that data from the phone company that could have identified the suspected bomber was "mysteriously corrupted."

More from their Public report:

The FBI claims that the pipe bomb was planted at the DNC on the night of January 5, 2021. Yet given Harris’ presence at the DNC, it is very likely that the Secret Service would have conducted a security sweep, possibly with a bomb-sniffing dog, upon her arrival on January 6, when the bomb was supposedly already on the premises.
 
An independent security analyst who has worked for senior elected officials, including on Capitol Hill, wrote a Comprehensive Threat Analysis of the alleged pipe bombs, which Public obtained. Interviewed by Zoom, the expert, who asked that their name not be used, said, “Something had to have happened to not to have found the bomb, or it wasn’t there on the night of the 5th. Had they conducted a regular security sweep, they 100% would have found the bomb. It’s in plain sight. You’d have to be blind not to find it. And if you had a dog? Give me a break.”

The expert found it highly implausible that the Secret Service did not do a sweep. “I can’t believe the Secret Service would put Vice President some place and not do a security sweep. It’s hard to explain how bad that is.”

Still, the authors called attention to a CNN story from January 31, 2022, which cited a "law enforcement source familiar with the event" who told the network that the Secret Service "which was responsible for Harris’ protection that day, swept the interior of the building, the driveway, parking deck and entrances and exits prior to her arrival.”

In addition, Revolver published its own comprehensive investigative piece on the pipe bomb saga Thursday. It attracted the attention of Tucker Carlson, who conducted a compelling video interview with Revolver's Darren J. Beattie on the subject that went live the same day on X.

Carlson also offered an addendum to the below video interview that called attention to Baker's analysis on Blaze News from last week stating that the "passerby" who found the pipe bomb at the DNC was a U.S. Capitol Police plainclothes officer:

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How are the powers that be responding?

Neither the U.S. Capitol Police nor the D.C. Metro Police immediately responded to Blaze News' request for comment on the assertions Baker outlined in his Jan. 17 pipe bomb analysis.

Shellenberger and Gutentag added in their piece for Public that "the Secret Service and the Capitol Police did not respond to our request for comment. An FBI spokesperson declined to comment and directed Public to the agency’s pipe bomb webpage and most recent statement."

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Knife-wielding maniac knocks out San Francisco churchgoer, then leads cops on a chase punctuated by explosions: Police



A felon with a history of blowing things up attacked a churchgoer and led police on an explosive chase through San Francisco Sunday night, according to the San Francisco Police Department. When captured, the suspect allegedly asked his arresting officer how many points he had racked up on Grand Theft Auto.

The SFPD indicated that officers responded just before 6 p.m. on Sunday to a report of a man brandishing a knife and assaulting a parishioner at Saints Peter and Paul Church across from Washington Square Park in the North Beach neighborhood.

KPIX-TV reported that the suspect waltzed into the church and demanded money from a parishioner whom he did not know.

"The parishioner continued to pray and ignored him, at which point the suspect then violently assaulted this parishioner, punching him in the head," said SFPD Assistant Chief David Lazar. "We believe the parishioner went unconscious temporarily."

Other parishioners rushed to the victim's rescue and called 911 while the suspect continued demanding money with a folding knife in hand.

Officers arrived on the scene within minutes of the incident and spotted the suspect stealing into a vehicle and preparing to flee the scene. They called for medical aid for the victim, then gave chase.

The SFPD noted that the suspect, who has been identified as 42-year-old Concord resident Daniel Garcia, failed to yield to pursuing officers. Instead, police said Garcia threw two improvised explosive devices at pursuing officers.

The first went off in the 1500 block of Jones Street.

"The officers described not only seeing the flames of the device that hit the ground, but when the bomb detonated, they could feel the blowback of that in their vehicles," said Lazar. "They believe the suspect intentionally tried to seriously injure or kill them."

Garcia threw the second IED at police near 8th and Mission, according to Lazar.

The San Francisco Standard noted that a police officer can be heard on scanner audio recordings reporting, "He threw another bomb. ... It blew up on Mission," at 6:04 p.m..

One of the IEDs was reportedly a pipe bomb, and the other was a Molotov cocktail.

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Garcia allegedly attempted to lose police on the freeway, taking I-80 eastbound, where California Highway Patrol joined the chase.

It appears that Garcia gave up on allegedly attempting to murder police officers while on the freeway, as a CHP spokesman told KGO-TV, "No incendiaries were thrown during our portion of the pursuit, however, items were located in the vehicle at the termination point."

Roughly 30 minutes later, he wrecked his vehicle in Martinez and was captured by police.

Garcia was booked into the San Francisco County Jail and charged with second-degree robbery; assault with a deadly weapon; threatening an officer; three counts of attempted murder; three counts of possession of an explosive; evading an officer with willful disregard; two counts of explosion of destructive device with intent to murder; two counts of explosion of destructive device with intent to injure; three counts of carrying an explosive in a passenger vehicle for hire; resisting, obstructing, and/or delaying of a peace officer or EMT; and various traffic infractions.

Supervisor Aaron Peskin of North Beach indicated that upon his arrest, Garcia asked an officer "how many points he got in his Grand Theft Auto game" — a video game series featuring a star system corresponding to the level of attention the player's murder and mayhem has warranted from the in-game police.

"In 23 years of doing this stuff, this is probably the most bizarre," said Peskin.

On Monday, heavily armed police and a bomb disposal robot checked out Garcia's property. Officers reportedly left the residence with loaded brown paper bags and a box of what appeared to be glass bottles.

His neighbor, Stephen Salbato, said, "He's someone who never smiled."

This is not Garcia's first run-in with the law.

Garcia was convicted and sentenced in 2012 to 35 years in a federal prison for "malicious use of explosives, possession of a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence, and two counts of possession of unregistered destructive devices."

He planted a bomb underneath an SUV belonging to his former tenant beside an apartment building in Fairfield. The bomb went off, sending shrapnel into both the vehicle and the neighboring building, where children and others were sleeping.

Garcia had apparently targeted the former tenant because he had left behind trash when moving out.

The U.S. attorney at the time said, "The defendant’s attempt to resolve a minor private dispute by detonating a bomb endangered the lives of all those who were sleeping in the apartment building in Fairfield that night. While it is fortunate that no one was harmed, the defendant’s actions, together with his possession of a second bomb in the residential neighborhood where he lived, merit a long prison sentence."

Evidently, Garcia did not serve the entirety of his prison sentence.

The Standard reported that the bomber was released in February 2019 after he successfully challenged his conviction on one of his charges.

Garcia was also arrested in May on domestic violence charges and for illegally owning a firearm. KPIX indicated he was scheduled to appear in a Contra Costa courtroom to face those charges on Tuesday.

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Former top FBI official reveals 'unusual circumstance' is impeding investigation into Jan. 6 pipe bomber



Former senior FBI agent Steven D'Antuono told Congress an "unusual circumstance" prevented investigators from obtaining cell data belonging to the person who placed pipe bombs in Washington, D.C.

On Jan. 5, 2021, surveillance footage captured an individual placing pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee. The FBI never arrested the person responsible, nor have agents even publicly identified a person of interest.

Last week, D'Antuono told the House Judiciary Committee in a closed-door meeting why investigators have hit so many roadblocks in the investigation.

D'Antuono, who served as assistant director in charge of the Washington Field Office, told lawmakers that investigators tried to use geofencing technology to identify the person caught on video. But they made a startling discovery: The data was "corrupted."

"We did a complete geofence. We have complete data. Not complete because there's some data that was corrupted by one of the providers," D'Antuono revealed, according to transcripts released by the House Oversight Committee.

D'Antuono claimed the data corruption was not done "purposely," though he did not explain how investigators came to that conclusion.

"It just – unusual circumstance that we have corrupt data from one of the providers. I'm not sure — I can't remember right now which one," he admitted. "But for that day, which is awful because we don't have that information to search. So could it have been that provider? Yeah, with our luck, you know, with this investigation it probably was, right?"

Not having uncorrupted data, D'Antuono added, "is painful" for the FBI.

Shockingly, D'Antuono also told investigators that he was unsure whether the FBI had interviewed the people who discovered the pipe bombs.

The FBI is currently offering a reward of $500,000 for information leading to the arrest of the individual responsible for the pipe bombs. But unfortunately, according to Republicans on the House Oversight Committee, the FBI is not providing information to lawmakers about the bureau's investigation, including why, more than two years later, the bureau cannot even identify a possible suspect.

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FBI releases new video of suspect planting pipe bombs at RNC, DNC on night before Capitol attack



The FBI has released new footage showing who they believe to be the individual suspected of leaving viable pipe bombs outside both the headquarters of both the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee the night before the U.S. Capitol was stormed by a mob in early January.

What are the details?

ABC News detailed that the footage shows what appears to be the same individual wearing a hooded sweatshirt sitting in front of the DNC at 7:52 p.m. on Jan. 5, "where the first bomb was reportedly placed under a bush." The suspect is then seen on video in an alley near the RNC at 8:14 p.m. the same evening.

"These pipe bombs were viable devices that could have been detonated, resulting in serious injury or death," Steven D'Antuono, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington, D.C., field office said in a statement. "We need the public's help to identify the individual responsible for placing these pipe bombs to ensure they will not harm themselves or anyone else."

"We still believe there is someone out there who has information they may not have realized was significant until now," D'Antuono continued. "We know it can be a difficult decision to report information about family or friends, but this is about protecting human life."

Authorities reiterated that $100,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the case, reminding the public that earlier photos released of the suspect "show the individual wearing a face mask, a gray hoodie, and black and gray Nike Air Max Speed Turf shoes with a yellow logo."

The #FBI and @ATFWashington are offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to this person's identification.… https://t.co/O5WT3IlYNP
— FBI (@FBI)1615323811.0

NBC News reported that both bombs were discovered Jan. 6, roughly 90 minutes before a siege on the Capitol building by a mob of Trump supporters. Law enforcement believes the devices were strategically placed as a diversionary tactic.

According to the outlet, investigators "said both devices appeared fully functional, made out of metal pipe an inch in diameter, containing homemade black powder, with a common wind-up timer attached." Neither of the bombs went off.

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BREAKING: Pipe bomb found at headquarters of the RNC, DNC evacuated; other suspicious packages being investigated, including at US Capitol



An explosive device was found at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee as the Capitol was under attack by rioters angry at Congress attempting to affirm the results of the presidential election.

An RNC official told the New York Times that the explosive device was identified as a pipe bomb, and it was successfully destroyed by the bomb squad.

Other suspicious packages were reported as the rioting unfolded at the nation's capital. One was discovered at the headquarters of the Democratic National Convention, and was being investigated. Another was reportedly found on the U.S. Capitol grounds.

The DNC was evacuated as a precaution while law enforcement officials tried to identify whether the suspicious package was also an explosive device.

The alarming developments follow upon scenes of chaos from Washington, D.C., where some supporters of the president have taken offices and chambers of the Congress by force. One woman was also shot in the neck during the melee and carried out on a stretcher.

The president tweeted a video asking his supporters to stop rioting, but he reiterated that he believed the election was stolen from him. Vice President Mike Pence also tweeted a demand that the violence stop.

The violence and destruction taking place at the US Capitol Must Stop and it Must Stop Now. Anyone involved must re… https://t.co/ZlHvU6wXBW
— Mike Pence (@Mike Pence)1609965302.0

"The violence and destruction taking place at the US Capitol Must Stop and it Must Stop Now. Anyone involved must respect Law Enforcement officers and immediately leave the building," tweeted Pence.

Here's more about the rioting at the U.S. Capitol:

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