Vice President Kamala Harris.Photo: Greg Nash/The Hill/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The deadly chaos that ensued on Jan. 6, 2021, still raises questions a year later, particularly as it relates to two pipe bombs discovered outside both the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters that day.
Politico, citing an official Capitol Police timeline of that day and four people familiar with Harris' movements, reported Thursday that the pipe bomb placed under a park bench outside the DNC was found at 1:07 p.m.
Seven minutes later, at 1:14 p.m., Capitol Police and the Secret Service evacuated an unnamed “protectee” whom sources told the outlet was Harris.
The outlet reported that the Capitol Police timeline shows that the DNC bomb threat was neutralized at 4:36 p.m. that day, with the RNC bomb threat neutralized at 3:33 p.m.
A White House official confirmed to PEOPLE that Harris, now 57, was at the DNC that day at the same time and was ultimately evacuated. Harris hasn’t publicly addressed the new details about her being evacuated.
The FBI has been seeking the public’s help in identifying the person responsible for the Jan. 6 pipe bombs, sharing security footage of the masked and hooded individual on the one-year anniversary of the event.
The person or persons responsible for the bombs have not been found.
The agency is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the person’s identification, and said Thursday, the one-year anniversary: “Both devices were viable and could have been detonated, resulting in serious injury or death.”
The news that Harris was inside the building as a pipe bomb lay outside raises questions regarding her security that day, asPoliticonoted.
The Washington Postreported that an FBI memo dated Jan. 5, 2021, warned that those traveling to the area for the rally had talked online about “war” and pressuring lawmakers to overturn Trump’s election loss, but that document neverwent to law enforcement officials.
“On Jan. 6, we all saw what our nation would look like if the forces who seek to dismantle our democracy are successful,” she said, “the lawlessness, the violence, the chaos.”
source: people.com
