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I searched the summary for bomb, nothing.
Is there something about the attempted bombings in the larger report-- that goes into more detail than "JUST" the summary?
Also, I missed this juicy tidbit from back in Oct. 2022
Ex-Capitol Police officer found guilty of obstruction in January 6 probe
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/michael-riley-january-6/index.html]
THIS JACKASS WAS ALSO MAYBE ON THE SCENE AT THE PIPE BOMB near RNC.
So a cop (Michael Riley) threw squid ink around the FBI's investigation into Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Said cop Riley is/was sympathetic to the traitors who trashed the capitol and who wanted to kill Pence, Pelosi, and others. They held a trial he was found guilty of obstruction.
At the end of the CNN article, note that this guilty, traitor sympathizer, ex-cop was maybe a part of the pipe bomb plot or muddy-ing the waters around the pipe bomb plot...
... as Michael Riley was a member of the canine unit first on the pipe bomb scene at John McCain's old house "The Capitol Club" on Jan 6. near the RNC.
The Capitol Club is an exclusive GOPee club. And high ranking RNC members are neck deep in the attempted coup.
WTF is going on here?
DOJ, you home?
FBI, WTF you doing?
Garland? It's your DOJ, your FBI.
SOS mo-fos
bucolic_frolic
(55,143 posts)Somebody is too big to out. Or they have no idea, but that would imply a rogue act by a minor league nobody. Such an entity could not pull off this stunt let alone conceive it or understand the implications of it. So this points to someone otherwise squeaky clean (implied privilege) and no involved in the overall festivities. In my point of view, anyway.
Maybe they're leaving it to Special Counsel to pursue as a local crime type thing?
Mister Ed
(6,927 posts)So, naturally the committee would not have included anything on that topic in their summary.
The investigation of that crime certainly should be a high priority for the law enforcement agencies, though.
haele
(15,403 posts)The Jan 6 Committee Summary was (rightfully so) focused on the organizers and major facilitators.
Now, the full report has the minutiae that covers specific events within the purview of the charter identifying what was to be investigated.
I don't know if the pipe bombs are part of the investigation, or if the DoJ is investigating under an ATF or FBI jurisdictional umbrella. If the investigation is ongoing - especially if it is focused on an elected government official - it may not have been included in the Congressional Committee charter as a specific Jan 6 item.
It might be a "useful idiot/fellow traveller" action ineptly carried out by one of the many cosplay militia groups milling about DC on the 4th or 5th. Honestly, since nothing blew up, chances are the bomber/bomber's organization was acting independently of any official plan just to increase the chaos of the day and none of the conspirators the committee was focusing on had any real idea someone might actually set pipe bombs.
When the full report comes out, one can better determine the scope of the entire committee hearings and what additional evidence or statements they are turning over to the DoJ. Apparently there are several dozen Congresscritters that were looked at, especially those who asked for pardons before TFG was kicked out of office...
Haele
Demsrule86
(71,542 posts)Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)The pipe bombs weren't placed at the Capitol.
Might have something to do with why they wouldn't address it.
Not to mention that if they never uncovered any useful information about it, then they wouldn't mention it in the report. Reports tend to mention what is known/revealed, not what no one on the committee knows anything about.
At this point, it's entirely a DOJ/FBI issue.