CNN: Harris Drove Within Yards Of Pipe Bomb Near DNC Headquarters On Jan. 6

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks after visiting the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership Building Industry Group and Skilled Trades Employment Program on January 24, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by KAM... Vice President Kamala Harris speaks after visiting the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership Building Industry Group and Skilled Trades Employment Program on January 24, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was only a hair’s breadth away from danger on the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, law enforcement officials told CNN.

As Harris was arriving at the Democratic National Committee’s D.C. headquarters at around 11:30 a.m. ET that day, her motorcade reportedly drove within several yards of a pipe bomb that had been planted right outside the building.

Harris stayed inside the headquarters for almost two hours until she was evacuated at 1:14 p.m. ET, according to CNN. Law enforcement officers had reportedly started investigating the bomb seven minutes before then.

The U.S. Secret Service, which oversaw the security detail for Harris and then-President-elect Joe Biden, told CNN that the agency would not discuss its protective measures “in order to maintain operational security.”

In addition to the bomb at the DNC building, officers also discovered a similar pipe bomb at the Republican National Committee’s headquarters on Jan. 6. as law enforcement was already being stretched thin at the Capitol building where Trump supporters were breaking in.

The FBI has released surveillance camera footage of the suspected would-be bomber planting the explosives at the buildings the night before the Capitol attack. However, the suspect has not been identified and remains at large more than a year later.

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  1. I’m hoping the FBI has an ID on the person who planted the bombs.

  2. Have you seen the footage of the suspect? The footage showing the fire bombing of the Texas Democratic headquarters was much better. And that is either due to the quality of the camera, or better lighting.

  3. Does the Donald allow his kids to own hoodies?

  4. {dog rips mask off suspect}
    “Rudy Giuliani! It was YOU all along!!”

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