Vice President Kamala Harris was less than 20 feet from a “viable” pipe bomb on January 6, according to a new report from Homeland Security’s internal watchdog.

The Office of the Inspector General released its report on Friday detailing the Secret Service’s preparation for, and response to, the events of January 6, 2021. Five people died and hundreds were injured in the Capitol assault, where rioters aimed to prevent the certification of the election for President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Among the shocking revelations was that Harris, then vice president-elect, was within close range to a “viable” pipe bomb that Secret Security had missed in a security sweep.

“The pipe bomb had been placed near the [Democratic National Committee] building the night before”, the report states, but Secret Service personnel did not identify it during their security sweep on the morning of January 6.

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    4 months ago

    Probably no foreign interests (not directly anyway, plenty about stirring up division). First it’s way too sloppy, if a competent foreign country wants to do something they will do something far more guaranteed. Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/b4meFC1ee7Q Second no country would want that to come out and come back to them. It would be extremely painful.