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The Strangest Ongoing Mystery of January 6

Who planted the Capitol Hill pipe bombs?
Source: FBI

Updated at 5:23 p.m. ET on January 6, 2022

The security-camera footage is grainy and gray with no sound, like an old silent film. Night has fallen in Washington, and a person wearing a light-colored hoodie, a face mask, and Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers strides down the sidewalk along South Capitol Street carrying a backpack. The person stops and stands idly in front of a house while someone passes, walking their dog on a leash. The person continues on, sitting for a while on a snowy bench near the Democratic National Committee building, close to the spot where,

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