WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Protesters supporting U.S. President Donald Trump break into the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building during demonstrations in the nation's capital. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
The FBI is offering up to $50,000 for information “leading to the location, arrest, and conviction” of whoever is responsible for placing pipe bombs near the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters on Jan. 6, the same day pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol.
According to the FBI, “multiple law enforcement agencies received reports of a suspected pipe bomb with wires” was found around 1 p.m. at the RNC. About 15 minutes later “a second suspected pipe bomb with similar descriptors was reported at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee.”
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