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FBI: Pipe bombs at RNC, DNC were planted night before riot
ABC 'News' ^ | 1/29/21 | Michael Balsamo

Posted on 01/29/2021 4:06:43 PM PST by Libloather

WASHINGTON -- Two pipe bombs left at the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees, discovered just before thousands of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, were actually placed the night before, federal officials said Friday.

The FBI said the investigation had revealed new information, including that the explosive devices were placed outside the two buildings between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 5, the night before the riot. The devices were not located by law enforcement until the next day.

It is not clear whether that means the pipe bombs were unrelated to the next day’s riot or were part of the riot planning. Both buildings are within a few blocks of the Capitol.

The incident has been particularly concerning for law enforcement as officials step up security preparations ahead of the Senate’s impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. For weeks, investigators have been worried about the potential for attacks on soft targets in the nation’s capital.

U.S. Capitol Police and agents from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were called to the Republican National Committee’s office around 12:45 p.m. on Jan. 6. About 30 minutes later, as the agents and bomb technicians were still investigating at the RNC, another call came in for a second, similar explosive device found at the Democratic National Committee headquarters nearby.

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Trump's off the hook. Someone slip Nancy a chill pill.
1 posted on 01/29/2021 4:06:44 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

I wonder what the “new information” is that makes them think this?


2 posted on 01/29/2021 4:08:50 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

Call me stupid but it sure seems there would be camera systems at both of these facilities especially in DC!!!


3 posted on 01/29/2021 4:11:14 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Libloather

First I’ve heard of any pipe bombs.


4 posted on 01/29/2021 4:14:41 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
"Call me stupid but it sure seems there would be camera systems at both of these facilities especially in DC!!!"

But I'm sure the FBI didn't have anything to do with it.

5 posted on 01/29/2021 4:15:59 PM PST by precisionshootist
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To: Libloather
Still because of Trump's speech the next day?

6 posted on 01/29/2021 4:17:07 PM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Libloather

They probably know that because they planted them......


7 posted on 01/29/2021 4:19:58 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Libloather

Who plants pipe bombs early in the evening? Wouldn’t it be better in the middle of the night?


8 posted on 01/29/2021 4:22:22 PM PST by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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When will the FIB arrest frame a Trump supporter for the crime?
9 posted on 01/29/2021 4:23:33 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Yes, it seems likely they would have cameras, especially after a summer of rioting nationwide.


10 posted on 01/29/2021 4:24:43 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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Probably planted by the FBI


11 posted on 01/29/2021 4:25:15 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: escapefromboston

Randy Weaver did it.


12 posted on 01/29/2021 4:29:31 PM PST by 43north (Its hard to stop a man when he knows he's right and he keeps on comin'.)
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To: Libloather

This report reeks like a 4 day old homicide scene.


13 posted on 01/29/2021 4:30:02 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Libloather

Thousands stormed the Capitol Building? When did that happen?

I thought the FBI were looking for 200 - 400 People, mostly the ones who just wandered into the Building after the Cops opened the Doors.

You know, the same blood thirsty Insurrectionists who stood between the Velvet Ropes and took Selfies and pictures of the Statuary.

Of course we are dealing with the Media who said POTUS Trump was not only worse than Nixon, he was worse than Hitler.

How long before the Thousands of Criminals mantra is inflated to the Tens of Thousands?


14 posted on 01/29/2021 4:30:09 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the guy who actually Won the 2020 Presidential Election...)
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To: Steve_Seattle

“I wonder what the “new information” is that makes them think this?

Comey and Brennan just filed their expense account reports for that night?


15 posted on 01/29/2021 4:31:06 PM PST by Paladin2
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just before thousands of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol

Thousands? I thought it was more like 50, but I don't really know.

16 posted on 01/29/2021 4:32:43 PM PST by libertylover (This is not your Founding Fathers' United States of America anymore.)
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To: Libloather

Well executed false flag op...


17 posted on 01/29/2021 4:32:48 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Joe McCarthy now that we desperately need him sober?)
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To: Libloather

It’s been over 3 weeks so why haven’t they arrested the bad guys? Unless, they were Pelosi and Biden.


18 posted on 01/29/2021 4:35:23 PM PST by bgill ("Salute the Marines")
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To: Steely Tom

Yeah, I’ve heard of them. Were discovered just before the disturbance. Probably Antifa.


19 posted on 01/29/2021 4:35:33 PM PST by libertylover (This is not your Founding Fathers' United States of America anymore.)
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To: Steely Tom

It was all over the jacka$$ networks propaganda snewz shows.


20 posted on 01/29/2021 4:38:56 PM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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