Republicans accused of peddling ‘crazy right-wing conspiracy theories’ in Jan 6 pipe bomb hearing
US House Republicans led a hearing on the unsolved three-year mystery of the 6 January pipe bomber on Tuesday that Democratic members said peddled “crazy right-wing conspiracy theories.”
During the US Capitol riots on 6 January 2021, authorities identified two pipe bombs in Washington DC: one outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) building, the other outside the Republican National Committee (RNC) building. Now, more than three years later, authorities have yet to announce a suspect or an arrest in the case.
Chairman Barry Loudermilk, a Republican from Georgia, led the hearing. He is best known for giving a “not typical” tour of the US Capitol on 5 January 2021, which some lawmakers on a separate special committee investigating the 6 January said raised “concerns” about the attendees’ “activity and intent.”
These allegations arose after video footage captured the. The 6 January committee presented that one of the tour attendees marched to the Capitol on 6 January and recorded a threatening video related to the riots; meanwhile, Capitol Police , writing, “We do not consider any of the activities we observed as suspicious.”
