Staff Reports
For years the mainstream media and the FBI have treated the January 6 pipe-bomb mystery like a closed chapter, but House Republicans refused to let it die quietly. Rep. Barry Loudermilk and Rep. Thomas Massie pushed a blistering report that accuses the FBI of making little meaningful progress and of stonewalling Congress as Americans demand answers. Patriots who watched the events of that week remember how the bombs diverted security and attention from the Capitol — we deserve the truth, not political theater.
The basic facts are still stark: two viable pipe bombs were found the morning of January 6, 2021 — one outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters and one outside the Republican National Committee — planted the night before the Capitol breach. Those devices were not inert props; federal bomb techs treated them as real threats that could have killed or maimed innocent people and elected officials. That they remain unsolved is a national disgrace that cuts across political lines.
Loudermilk’s report and other GOP findings detail how a once-robust investigation fizzled, leaving tantalizing leads unexplored and contradictory claims unanswered. The New York Post and other outlets note the FBI’s admitted lack of progress and question why an agency with unparalleled resources has delivered so little to the American people. If law enforcement can’t solve the planting of two pipe bombs in the heart of the federal district, then we have to ask who’s really running the show in Washington.
One of the most alarming revelations is the muddled story about critical cellphone data that might have pointed to suspects — a claim once used to explain the hole in the investigation but which congressional review now says was likely false. Testimony and documents show conflicting accounts about “corrupted” data from carriers and whether the FBI ever even received usable information, raising the very real possibility of incompetence or worse. Americans shouldn’t have to choose between believing the FBI or the evidence; they should be able to see the evidence.
Meanwhile the political class and legacy press have treated this like an inconvenient subplot instead of the national-security failure it is, barely mentioning that a device capable of murder was planted near the people’s houses of the two major parties. That silence is deafening, and it fuels the rightful anger of citizens who sense a two-tiered justice system: one for the connected insiders, another for everyone else. Washington must answer for this negligence, and the American people must demand accountability.
Congress has now reopened the case in various forms and created new panels to dig into January 6 failings, which is the right move — transparency is non-negotiable. If the FBI was incompetent, politically compromised, or willfully obstructive, the agency and those responsible must be held to account under the law; if the agency did its job and Congress is being fed misinformation, then reveal the proof now. Hardworking Americans will not be comforted by press conferences and talking points; they want documents, names, and consequences.
