GOP lawmakers want FBI to share D.C. pipe bomb probe findings.

House Republicans Demand FBI Provide Information on January 6 Pipe Bomb Investigation

House Republicans are demanding the FBI cease stonewalling lawmakers seeking information about its January 6 pipe bomb investigation.

A suspect planted pipe bombs outside the Republican National Committee’s and Democratic National Committee’s offices in Washington, D.C., on the evening of January 5, 2021, the night before the Capitol riot on January 6. The FBI has yet to publicly identify the suspect, who was seen in surveillance video only as a hooded figure carrying a backpack. The FBI’s investigation is ongoing, and a reward for information was increased to $500,000 in January.

“Although these bombs did not detonate, it is important to remember the suspect walked along residential and commercial areas in Capitol Hill just blocks from the U.S. Capitol with viable pipe bombs that could have seriously injured or killed innocent bystanders,” the FBI says in its online bulletin. “Moreover, the suspect may still pose a danger to the public or themselves.”

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and other House Republicans wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday, saying he has “failed” to adequately comply with requests for a briefing and must make amends. They raised concerns stemming from a Washington Times report which cited a former FBI official who claimed technicians determined the found devices were inoperable and the bureau was able to link the suspected bomber to a D.C. MetroRail SmarTrip card and the license plate of a car the individual entered, as seen in security camera footage from a Northern Virginia Metro stop.

The lawmakers wrote in their letter, “The slow progression of the FBI’s investigation into the January 6 pipe bombs raises significant concerns about the FBI’s prioritization of that case in relation to other January 6 investigations. Accordingly, we reiterate our outstanding requests for a briefing on the status of the pipe bomb investigation and request that you provide this briefing as soon as possible, but no later than June 7, 2023.”

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