Friday, March 29, 2024

FBI Whistleblower Raises Questions About January 6 Pipe Bomb Investigation

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member (R-) has sent a letter to Director Christopher Wray following a new whistleblower disclosure from a senior FBI special agent concerning the investigation into the pipe bombs placed near the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and on January 5, 2021.

According to the special agent, on February 7, 2022 — over a year after the placement of the bombs — the FBI's Washington Field Office asked FBI field offices to canvass all confidential human sources nationwide for information about the individual and the . In part, the message asked that the canvass “include sources reporting on all [types of] threats” because the suspect's “motive and ideology remain unknown.” The special agent explained that the WFO request was “unusual” because it was transmitted more than a year after the FBI had begun the investigation, and it raises questions about the progress and extent of the FBI's investigation.

PBS News Hour has more on the state of the investigation:

The investigation has been a massive undertaking for federal officials. More than 700 people have been charged with federal crimes stemming from the Jan. 6 attack, and arrests are still being made regularly.

“This investigation takes time because it is a lot of lot of work, a lot of painstaking work that they look at the video kind of frame by frame,” said Steven D'Antuono, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's field office in Washington.

In the search for the person who left the pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC offices, investigators have interviewed more than 900 people, collected 39,000 video files and examined more than 400 leads. They have dived into the components of the explosives and have been working to try to discern anything they can about the suspect, from analyzing the person's gait to trying to collect information about purchases of the distinctive Nike sneakers the person wore.

But they are still no closer to finding the suspect's identity and are hoping renewed attention on the video of the person may spark a tip to crack the case.

In light of this disclosure, Ranking Member Jordan requested a briefing on the matter from the FBI no later than March 23, 2020.

Read the full letter here.

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.

Donny Ferguson
Donny Fergusonhttps://donnyferguson.com/
Donny Ferguson is a professional fundraiser and organizational manager. Born and raised in Texas, he has lived in Washington, D.C. for 16 years. Ferguson also served as Senior Communications and Policy Adviser in the United States House of Representatives, operating one of Capitol Hill's most effective media operations.

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  1. they need to turn it over to the tv show “FBI MOST WANTED” they will solve it in one hour( including commercials) !

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