{"id":1300232,"date":"2023-05-27T20:10:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T00:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/gop-lawmakers-demand-fbi-briefing-on-jan-6-pipe-bomb-probe-following-whistleblower-disclosures-regarding-suspect\/1300232\/"},"modified":"2023-05-27T20:10:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T00:10:57","slug":"gop-lawmakers-demand-fbi-briefing-on-jan-6-pipe-bomb-probe-following-whistleblower-disclosures-regarding-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/gop-lawmakers-demand-fbi-briefing-on-jan-6-pipe-bomb-probe-following-whistleblower-disclosures-regarding-suspect\/1300232\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmakers Demand FBI Briefing On Jan. 6 Pipe-Bomb Probe Following Whistleblower Disclosures Regarding Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"

GOP Lawmakers Demand FBI Briefing On Jan. 6 Pipe-Bomb Probe Following Whistleblower Disclosures Regarding Suspect<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding an FBI briefing on the status of their January 6 Pipe Bomb Investigation following disclosures that the feds have enough information to identify a suspect.<\/p>\n

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In a\u00a0letter<\/a>\u00a0to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) said the slow progression of the Bureau\u2019s investigation into the pipe bombs \u201craises significant concerns about the FBI\u2019s prioritization of that case in relation to other January 6 investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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#NEWS<\/a>@Jim_Jordan<\/a>, @RepAndyBiggsAZ<\/a>, and @congbillposey<\/a> Press FBI for Information on January 6 Pipe Bomb Investigation.<\/p>\n

One former FBI assistant director observed, \u201c[i]t just doesn\u2019t add up . . . [t]here\u2019s just too much to work with to not know who this guy is.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/ZVpwEkhS0r<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) May 24, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Former FBI agent Kyle Seraphin, a whistleblower who worked on the pipe bomb investigation, told\u00a0the Washington Times<\/a>\u00a0that after planting the bombs, the suspect used a MetroRail SmarTrip card to travel through the Washington metro system to a stop in northern Virginia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FBI used security footage in the Northern Virginia to identify the license plate of the car that the individual entered,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> the congressmen wrote. \u201cStill, the FBI has not identified the subject.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The suspect was caught on surveillance video. He wore a sweatshirt with the hood pulled up, a pair of Air Max Speed Turf shoes with a yellow Nike logo, a backpack and gloves. He was recorded walking through Capitol Hill neighborhoods carrying what federal investigators said were two live pipe bombs.<\/p>\n

However, Mr. Seraphin said technicians determined the pipe bombs were inoperable.<\/p>\n

His story runs counter to the FBI\u2019s official version that the devices could have detonated at any time. The bureau repeated that story in January while offering a $500,000 reward for information leading to the suspect\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Seraphin also told\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0reporter Kerry Picket that a separate individual bought the Metrorail SmarTrip card one year before the pipe bomber suspect used it on Jan. 5, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe card had never been used before. It was bought a year prior by a retired chief master sergeant in the Air Force, and he was a security contractor. So he held a security clearance,\u201d\u00a0 Seraphin said.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Seraphin and his team surveilled the retired airman, who lived in a Northern Virginia townhouse, for a couple of days and learned about his background.<\/p>\n

Although Mr. Seraphin, who also served in the Air Force, wanted to approach the Air Force veteran and talk to him, his bureau superiors forbade him to do so before his team was removed from the case.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what they [eventually] did on that case, but I know that it was BS and the bombs were BS, and it seems like they had a good lead, and they could have run it down. But as far as I know, they never did,\u201d he told\u00a0the Times.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cHe may still be occasionally surveilled. That\u2019s how dumb it gets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The congressmen cited former FBI assistant director Christopher Swecker, who told Picket, \u201c[i]t just doesn\u2019t add up . . . [t]here\u2019s just too much to work with to not know who this guy is.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The committee requested an update on the case in a briefing no later that June 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 05\/27\/2023 – 22:00<\/span><\/p>\n

From:Zerohedge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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