Staff Reports
The FBI has again put the unsolved January 6 pipe-bomb case back in the spotlight by releasing higher-quality surveillance video and renewing a reward as investigators plead for new tips in a mystery that has lingered for years. Officials say the devices were placed on the night of January 5, 2021, and despite thousands of tips, interviews, and video reviews the perpetrator remains unidentified — a stunning failure of answers for what could have been a deadly attack.
The newly released clips show a person in a gray hooded sweatshirt, black gloves, a mask and distinctive Nike Air Max Speed Turf shoes carrying a backpack and placing devices near both the DNC and RNC headquarters hours before the riot; FBI graphics even estimate the suspect’s height at about 5-foot-7. That timeline and those images are concrete pieces of evidence the public can now study, yet four years on we still don’t have a publicly named suspect or a closing of the case.
Conservative voices and investigators aren’t staying silent. Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned media figure, has amplified a whistleblower allegation that agents who got close to the suspect were inexplicably ordered to stand down, a claim that, if true, demands immediate answers from leadership. The claim isn’t mere hearsay on talk radio — Bongino published the whistleblower’s account publicly and pressed the issue to force accountability.
Meanwhile, independent journalists and outlets have been digging where the establishment press has mostly tread lightly, with at least one reporter publicly naming a potential suspect and others pointing to troubling leads that allegedly were not fully pursued. Those reports are still developing and should be treated cautiously, but the pattern is clear: when federal law enforcement fails to quickly resolve a violent plot against our institutions, the American people deserve a full accounting — not obfuscation.
Call it what it is: either monumental incompetence or a scandalous coverup. Either conclusion is unacceptable. Republicans on Capitol Hill and rank-and-file Americans have every right to demand that the FBI and its partners produce records, answer questions under oath, and let sunlight do the thing it always does to corruption and incompetence. The same agency that can mirandize a janitor must be able to close the book on a case involving viable explosive devices near political party headquarters.
Patriots should also recognize the bigger picture: whenever federal institutions behave like opaque monoliths that dodge accountability, trust in law enforcement and the rule of law suffers. Conservatives who have long warned about the politicization of our security agencies see this as another test — will the agencies demonstrate impartiality and resolve, or will they protect narratives that serve the powerful? The answer to that question will shape how Americans view justice for years to come.
Dan Bongino and other truth-seekers are doing what stiff-necked citizens have always done in the face of official silence — they are demanding receipts, pushing for subpoenas, and refusing to let a dangerous, unsolved attack drift into the memory hole. If you care about safety, fairness, and the proper role of law enforcement, stand with those who insist on transparency until every relevant document, interview, and photo is produced and explained to the public.
