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9 hours ago
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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino claims bureau ‘closing in' on suspects who planted Jan. 6 DC pipe bombs
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino made headlines this week when he revealed the bureau was "closing in" on suspects involved in planting two pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a sign that the bureau may soon solve the nagging, four-year mystery. "The second we got in, I put a team on it and I said, 'I want answers on this,'" Bongino told "Fox & Friends." "And I'm pretty confident that we're closing in on some suspects." Law enforcement discovered the two pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committees' headquarters around the same time that thousands of rioters a few blocks away began to descend on the Capitol in protest of the 2020 election results. A faction of President Donald Trump's base has since raised questions about the timing of the pipe bomb incident and security failures surrounding it and speculated that the Biden administration was not forthright to the public about the facts of the case. Prior to being sworn in, Bongino was a leading voice perpetuating that notion. Fbi 'Closing In' On Suspects In Case Of Dc Pipe Bombs Placed On Eve Of Jan 6 A former Secret Service agent and podcast host, Bongino told listeners of his popular right-wing show that the FBI lied about the pipe bomb incident because the bureau did not want people to know it was an "inside job." Read On The Fox News App Now as deputy director, Bongino is facing pressure from supporters and critics alike to release new details about the case. Video footage released by the Fbi shows an unidentified person placing the pipe bombs near the two headquarters more than 16 hours before law enforcement found them. The suspect is seen wearing a gray hoodie, Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers, a face mask, glasses, and gloves. Fbi Reopening Investigation Into Cocaine Found At Biden White House Prior to the administration change in January, the FBI also unveiled a minor last-minute detail that the suspect's height was about 5-foot-7. A woman who is a Capitol Hill resident alerted a security guard that she spotted the first pipe bomb in an alley behind the RNC headquarters while she was out retrieving her laundry around 1 p.m. Security footage showed her running from the area of the washer and dryer and notifying the guard. That set off a furious search that led officers at the DNC headquarters to discover a second pipe bomb there. A Department of Homeland Security (Dhs) inspector general report published last year revealed the two explosive devices were "viable" and "could have detonated, causing innocent bystanders to be seriously injured or killed." Fbi Releases Video Showing January 2021 Pipe Bomb Suspect Planting Device Outside Dnc, Rnc Offices In Dc The bombs included one-hour timers. An FBI official said they did not believe the timers could have detonated the bombs since the time had already elapsed when the bombs were found, according to the DHS report. That report and an investigative report released by House Republicans revealed that then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at one point came within feet of the pipe bomb by the DNC. The FBI has said it has received more than 600 tips, and it continues to offer a $500,000 reward for any successful leads. The House Republicans' report noted the FBI initially investigated a person who searched on the internet for "pipe bomb DC" and a person who had recently purchased the Nike shoes seen in the surveillance footage. The report noted, however, that the pace of the FBI's inquiry dropped off after about a month as a result of leads drying article source: FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino claims bureau 'closing in' on suspects who planted Jan. 6 DC pipe bombs
Daily Record
a day ago
- Politics
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FBI claims it will release jail tape proving Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide
Epstein, 66, was found hanging inside a jail cell at the NYC's Metropolitan Correctional Center on the morning of Aug. 10, 2019. His death was ruled a suicide soon after. The FBI has claimed they have a video which proves that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide and says it will release the footage soon. Epstein, 66, was found hanging inside a jail cell at the NYC's Metropolitan Correctional Center on the morning of Aug. 10, 2019. His death was ruled a suicide soon after. But conspiracy theorists believe that he did not end his life, maintaining that Epstein's death was murder. Their beliefs are fuelled by reports at the time that guards failed to check on him and cameras weren't working. But FBI Deputy Director Don Bongino, appointed by US President, Donald Trump, in March says that he plans to release prison video of Epstein that confirms the billionaire financier and convicted sex offender killed himself. But when asked if the video showed Epstein taking his own life, he admitted it didn't. 'There is video,' Bongino told Fox & Friends. 'You are going to see there is no one there but him... there is video clear as day, he's the only person in there and the only person coming out.' Epstein, 66, was awaiting trial on federal conspiracy and sex trafficking charges. 'I say to people, if you have a tip, let us know,' Bongino, a former conservative talk show host, said. 'But there's no DNA, there's no audio, there's no fingerprints, there's no suspects, there's no accomplices, there's no tips. There is nothing. If you have it, I'm happy to see it.' Bongino said his office was 'working on cleaning' up the video. 'There is going to be a disclosure on this coming shortly. We will give the original, so you don't think there were any shenanigans.' When asked if the video would include Epstein killing himself, Bongino responded that the video doesn't show 'the actual act.' Epstein was accused of molesting multiple teenaged girls at his Palm Beach mansion. Investigators claimed that Epstein would lure teen girls to his home by paying them to massage him. During the massages, he would allegedly assault the teens, force them to have sex with him and offer them money to bring him other underage girls to assault. Many of his alleged victims spoke to Lifetime for Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, a four-hour miniseries on the financier's alleged crimes. Virginia Giuffre, who said she was recruited by Epstein's friend Ghislaine Maxwell, said in one of the first two episodes that the first time she was abused by Epstein, Maxwell assisted. Giuffre committed suicide at the age of 41 at her farm outside Perth, Australia, on Thursday, April 24. That suicide is also subject to speculation after her father claimed 'somebody got to her'. Giuffre received a multi-million dollar payout from Prince Andrew as a settlement after she accused him of having sex with her, which he denies. Epstein was arrested in July 2019 for allegedly sex trafficking girls as young as 14. He died almost a month after his arrest. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison at Florida Correctional Institution-Tallahassee on June 28, 2022. In addition to her prison sentence, she was fined $750,000.
American Military News
2 days ago
- American Military News
Video: FBI reveals shocking new info on Jeffrey Epstein ‘suicide'
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced on Thursday that the FBI is planning to release a video that will allegedly confirm that wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in his jail cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York. Earlier this month, Bongino claimed that after reviewing Epstein's file, it was clear that the deceased sex offender 'killed himself.' During a Thursday appearance on 'Fox & Friends,' Bongino said, 'I'm just telling you what we see in the file. I just want to be crystal clear on this. I am not asking anyone to believe me. I'm telling you what's there and what isn't.' Bongino confirmed that there was video evidence pointing to Epstein's death by suicide, saying, 'There's going to be a disclosure on this coming shortly.' Asked by 'Fox & Friends' co-host Lawrence Jones if there was a video of Epstein killing himself,' Bongino said, 'No, no, not the actual act, but the entire MCC [Metropolitan Correctional Center] bay. It was only one camera. There's video that, when you look at the video — and we will release, that's what's taken a while on this.' READ MORE: Video: Epstein 'killed himself,' Trump's FBI directors say Bongino told Fox News that the FBI is working to provide an 'enhanced' video regarding the Epstein case; however, he added that the agency is also planning on releasing the 'original' video so that people do not think 'there were any shenanigans' with regard to video editing. 'You will see no one in there but him. There's just nobody there,' Bongino said. 'So I say to people all the time — if you have a tip, let us know — but there's no DNA, there's no audio, there's no fingerprints, there's no suspects, there's no accomplices, there's no tips. There is nothing. If you have it, I'm happy to see it.' 'There's video clear as day,' the FBI deputy director added. 'He's the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it.' FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says video exists that seems to show Jeffrey Epstein killed himself and it will be released publicly. — ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) May 29, 2025 Last month, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed Epstein's death as a 'suicide' and dismissed other theories regarding the infamous sex offender's death. However, despite the FBI director's insistence that Epstein died by suicide and was not murdered, the sex offender's brother, Mark Epstein, has continued to argue that 'there's a long list of things that point away' from Jeffrey Epstein's death being a suicide.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
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Fox Host Says We Haven't Seen the Last of Musk: ‘He'll Be Back'
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade finally admitted what everyone else has been thinking: Elon Musk isn't gone for good. The Tesla billionaire and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) supremo announced his departure from the White House this week after a contentious tenure spent slashing the federal government. But Kilmeade doesn't think he'll stay away for long. 'He'll be back,' Kilmeade said during a Thursday episode of Fox & Friends. 'I think he is going to take a little while off and he will be back in some way, shape, or form.' Kilmeade continued: 'Because he was also special assistant to the president. And I know they appreciate each other's input. And I think what's most laudable is they don't always have to agree.' Musk and President Donald Trump's four-month-long bromance was strewn with bumps in the road, with the two disagreeing on more than one occasion and sometimes even publicly clashing about the president's position on tariffs. His companies also suffered during his tenure at the White House. Tesla sales are drastically down, especially in Europe where they fall by almost half in April. Tesla dealerships and the electric vehicles have also been targeted by vandals. On Tuesday, SpaceX's Starship tumbled out of control during a test flight, which appeared to be a brutal metaphor for Musk's own professional tailspin. But fellow Fox anchor Lawrence Jones said he believed the two 'will remain friends' and that Musk will 'advise the president on a host of issues outside of the White House as well.' Musk has dedicated his time in Washington, D.C. to axing the federal budget and rooting out 'fraud and waste.' As a special government employee, he was only permitted to work up to 130 days in a 365-day period. On Wednesday, he wrote on X that his 'scheduled time' had come to an end. 'The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government,' he wrote on X, which he owns. Trump has yet to comment on Musk's departure. The duo have worked together since the president's inauguration to drastically cut federal spending, a hotly debated move that has led to thousands of layoffs and a reduction in funds that some deem critical—like money for cancer research. Reuters reported in early May that at least 260,000 federal employees had been fired due to DOGE. The billionaire's original aim was to save U.S. taxpayers at least $1-2 trillion. He fell far short of his goal. DOGE has reported that it has only saved around $170 billion, just 17 percent of the $1 trillion goal and 8.5 percent of Musk's $2 trillion 'best-case outcome.' Other reports put the tally at much lower. Musk, the richest man alive, has admitted that his experiment was harder than expected. 'The federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized,' he told The Washington Post. 'I thought there were problems, but it sure is an uphill battle trying to improve things in D.C., to say the least.' Musk's time in the White House has been riddled with controversy, especially in recent weeks as Musk disagrees with the president's One Big Beautiful Bill. 'I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,' Musk said in an interview with CBS News. He has since butted heads with Capitol Hill representatives. 'I think the elephant in the room is he is disappointed with Congress, and frankly, I'm disappointed at them as well,' Jones said Thursday. 'You have this man, with all these business experts that took a leave of absence from their careers, and they helped us cut all this spending. And we thought that Congress, especially since the Republicans won, that they were going to codify a lot of these things and legislation. But they didn't.' Jones continued: 'They were weak on it. Well, they did some of it. But they didn't cut nearly the amount as they should have cut.'
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2 days ago
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Trump's pardon czar says Todd and Julie Chrisley were victims of a weaponized justice system
President Donald Trump's pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson explained the rationale for pardoning reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley on Thursday, insisting the duo were victims of a weaponized justice system. "They were overly sentenced. They both received a combined sentence of 19 years for a first-time nonviolent offense and, if you look at their case and how it went down, I'm going to say that, in Georgia, it was truly weaponized. They called them the Trumps of Georgia," she told "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade. Without going into detail, Johnson said some aspects of the Chrisleys' case were "horrific." Chrisley Children Celebrate Trump's Plan To Pardon Reality Tv Parents In Fraud, Tax Evasion Case "Looking at them, they don't pose a risk to society. In fact, I know that they're going to use their voices and their platform to uplift the president's agenda," she added. Todd and Julie rose to fame on the USA Network show "Chrisley Knows Best," which ran for 10 seasons from 2014 to 2023. Read On The Fox News App A jury found the couple guilty of eight counts of financial fraud and two counts of tax evasion in 2022. Todd was sentenced to 12 years in prison while Julie was sentenced to seven. Todd walked out of a federal prison in Pensacola, Florida on Wednesday evening, after serving two and a half years, according to his lawyer Alex Little's office. The release came shortly after Trump signed pardons for the couple. Chrisleys' Attorney Calls Trump Pardon 'Incredibly Powerful' As Couple Prepares For Freedom Little's office also confirmed to Fox News Digital that Julie was released from the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky, on Wednesday night, shortly after her husband was released. Johnson, who was appointed to the "pardon czar" role in February, told Kilmeade she largely looks at "rehabilitation" when she considers making a pardon recommendation to the president. "Have they rehabilitated? Have they… not only admitted, but are they remorseful for what they've done?" she said. "I look at what the staff says about them… and do they pose a safety risk to the community? That's one of the big things, because we don't want to release someone that would pose a risk to the community." She also strives to find people who have a good plan to re-enter into society. Trump has signed several high-profile pardons and commutations in recent days, including the Chrisleys, rapper "NBA YoungBoy" and former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland. Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash, Christina Dugan Ramirez and Larry Fink contributed to this article source: Trump's pardon czar says Todd and Julie Chrisley were victims of a weaponized justice system
