{"id":1752364,"date":"2022-11-27T06:05:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T11:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752364"},"modified":"2022-11-27T07:33:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T12:33:09","slug":"house-judiciary-republicans-fbi-waited-over-a-year-to-fully-investigate-jan-6-pipe-bombs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-judiciary-republicans-fbi-waited-over-a-year-to-fully-investigate-jan-6-pipe-bombs\/","title":{"rendered":"House Judiciary Republicans: FBI Waited Over a Year to Fully Investigate Jan. 6 Pipe Bombs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-judiciary-republicans-fbi-waited-over-a-year-to-fully-investigate-jan-6-pipe-bombs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752364&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>As part of a gargantuan 1,050-page report detailing whistleblower findings from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-department-of-justice\">Department of Justice<\/a> (DOJ), Republicans found that the FBI waited over a year to begin a comprehensive investigation into the pipe bombs that were planted in front of both major parties\u2019 headquarters on Jan. 5, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In the Nov. 5 report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/house-republicans-allege-weaponization-of-fbi-doj-in-1050-page-whistleblower-report_4844447.html\">Republicans argued that the FBI and DOJ have undergone \u201cweaponization\u201d<\/a> during the course of President Joe Biden\u2019s first term in office.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the report focuses on the Department of Justice (DOJ) under Attorney General Merrick Garland and the FBI under Director Christopher Wray (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/65oqpj6elugudb7\/HJC%20STAFF%20FBI%20REPORT.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Garland, Republicans said, has been \u201ca willing participant of the Biden Administration\u2019s weaponization of law enforcement.\u201d The FBI too, Republicans assert, \u201chas abused its law-enforcement authorities for apparently political purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans listed a series of seemingly-partisan decisions and top-down efforts by Garland\u2019s DOJ to mislead or deceive the American people.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, the bombshell report found that the FBI has been incentivizing and pushing its field agents to classify certain crimes as incidents of domestic violence extremism (\u201cDVEs\u201d) even when the facts do not align with such a classification. Republicans contended that this is part of an effort to bolster Biden and other Democrats\u2019 contested claims that right-wing DVEs are one of the greatest threats Americans face.<\/p>\n<p>The report also noted a bizarre incident in which the FBI went a step further, and actually manufactured a DVE.<\/p>\n<p>The event occurred in Michigan, where several men were arrested for a planned plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. At their trial, defense attorneys revealed that no less than 12 FBI assets had participated in and pushed the men toward the plot.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans also cited Garland\u2019s controversial Oct. 4, 2021 \u201cschool board memo,\u201d in which he offered federal resources and guidance for municipalities seeking to punish parents voicing opposition to their children being taught radically left-wing ideas like critical race and gender theory.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Judiciary Republicans cited Garland\u2019s unprecedented authorization of a raid on President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home. Purportedly, Trump had taken classified documents from the White House that posed a national security threat. It was only after the midterms that the DOJ backtracked, and admitted that, contrary to their earlier allegations, Trump had no documents that posed any national security threat.<\/p>\n<p>A deeper dive into the report reveals that the FBI and DOJ, while actively targeting conservatives, inexplicably dragged their feet in investigating pipe bombs that were planted by an unknown man ahead of the Jan. 6 \u201cStop the Steal\u201d rally.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, security footage captured a still-unidentified man planting pipe bombs in front of both the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Democratic National Committee (DNC) buildings in Washington, on Jan. 5, 2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3709069\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/02\/24\/pipe-bomb-1200x771.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-3709069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pipe-bomb-600x386-1.jpg\" alt=\"pipe bomb\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3709069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pipe-bomb-600x386-1.jpg\" alt=\"pipe bomb\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> A suspect in the placement of two devices that the FBI said were pipe bombs is seen in Washington on Jan. 5, 2021. On right is a closeup photograph of one of the devices. (FBI)<\/figure>\n<p>At one point, then-Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris was even in the DNC building, meaning her life was imminently at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Judiciary Republicans ruled, \u201cThe FBI appears to not be aggressively investigating pipe bombs placed by political party headquarters on January 6, 2021, while prioritizing other January 6, 2021-related investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Republicans learned from a whistleblower that it took over one year for the FBI to mount a full-scale investigation into the pipe bombs.<\/p>\n<p>According to the whistleblower, it was not until Feb. 7, 2022\u2014more than a month and a year after the incident\u2014that the Washington Field Office of the FBI asked its national field offices to investigate and try to identify the man.<\/p>\n<p>In that directive, the FBI warned agents that the suspect\u2019s \u201cmotive and ideology remain unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The Epoch Times about the snail\u2019s pace of the investigation, Ed Martin, an attorney for some Jan. 6 defendants, ruled \u201cthe judgment of the Department of Justice is clearly biased against certain types of people and certain types of conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt appears that the executive branch, the law enforcement branch, has been operating to facilitate a political vision of the article one branch,\u201d Martin said later.<\/p>\n<p>He explained: \u201cThe Pelosi select committee [the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-january-6-committee\">January 6 Committee<\/a>]\u00a0had a vision of what they wanted to highlight. The conduct of the executive branch, the law enforcement branch has not been to pursue truth and safety. It\u2019s been to pursue the political agenda that\u2019s been driven hand in glove with the select committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin, who used to work with the RNC, said that he was pleased that Republicans were giving the issue attention but said that \u201cwhat we need now is to get to the bottom of what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe need to know who said pipe bombs against the American leadership, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are living with a bomber, who successfully planted bombs\u2014didn\u2019t go off, thankfully\u2014and who has never been caught,\u201d Martin emphasized. \u201cShouldn\u2019t that be a worry?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FBI did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<h2>Possible FBI Involvement<\/h2>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s slowness in investigating the pipe bombs comes amid a backdrop of suspicion that the FBI played a role in the events of Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Suspicion that the FBI was involved in the events of that day only ramped up after\u00a0Jill Sanborn, the executive assistant director for the National Security Branch of the FBI, refused to disavow agency involvement at the rally.<\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DZQRetozhSY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Jan. 11, 2022, Senate hearing<\/a>, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) questioned Sanborn about potential FBI involvement. These questions were met with deflection by Sanborn, who avoided giving a definitive answer to the yes or no questions posed by Cruz.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4327020\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/03\/09\/DSC01326-Brian-Brase-Ted-Cruz-Ron-Johnson-1200x720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4327020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC01326-Brian-Brase-Ted-Cruz-Ron-Johnson-600x360-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4327020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSC01326-Brian-Brase-Ted-Cruz-Ron-Johnson-600x360-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> (L\u2013R) Brian Brase, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) at the Senate Visitor Center in the U.S. Capitol on March 8, 2022. (Terri Wu\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHow many FBI agents or confidential informants actively participated in the events of Jan. 6?\u201d Cruz asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m sure you can appreciate that I can\u2019t go into the specifics of sources and methods,\u201d Sanborn replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid any FBI agents or confidential informants actively participate in the events of Jan. 6, yes or no?\u201d Cruz asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir, I can\u2019t\u2014I can\u2019t answer that,\u201d Sanborn said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid any FBI agents or confidential informants commit crimes of violence on Jan. 6?\u201d Cruz asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t answer that, sir,\u201d Sanborn replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid any FBI agents or FBI informants actively encourage and incite crimes of violence on Jan. 6?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir, I can\u2019t answer that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Questions about the FBI\u2019s involvement have also been raised by the mystery of Ray Epps, a man who was caught on video on Jan. 5, 2021, encouraging protestors to go into the Capitol building the next day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow, we need to get to into the Capitol,\u201d Epps was caught saying. \u201cInto the Capitol,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>Epps was immediately shouted down by cries of \u201cFed! Fed! Fed!,\u201d common internet slang describing someone who works with federal law enforcement, particularly the FBI.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4667309\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/08\/16\/Epps_Go_IN_to-the_Capitol-1200x675.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4667309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Epps_Go_IN_to-the_Capitol-600x337-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4667309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Epps_Go_IN_to-the_Capitol-600x337-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Ray Epps tells protesters on Jan. 5, 2021, that on Jan. 6 they need to go into the Capitol. (Villain Report\/Screenshot via The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<p>The next day, additional video caught Epps whispering into the ear of a protestor, who proceeded to begin tearing down one of the first barricades around the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Epps was identified as the FBI\u2019s number 16 most wanted person for their involvement in the events of Jan. 6, with the agency offering a cash reward for information that led to his arrest. But Epps was later mysteriously removed from the list\u2014a fact that further attracted suspicion amid the largest manhunt in the history of the Department of Justice (DOJ), which saw dozens of nonviolent offenders who entered the Capitol rounded up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Sanborn, who is Ray Epps?\u201d Cruz asked during the Jan. 11 hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m aware of the individual sir,\u201d Sanborn said. \u201cI don\u2019t have the specific background on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, there are a lot of people who are understandably concerned about this,\u201d Cruz said before describing the videos captured showing Epps attempting to incite violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the night of Jan. 5, 2021, Epps wandered around the crowd that had gathered, and there\u2019s video out there of him chanting \u2018Tomorrow, we need to get into the Capitol, into the Capitol.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was strange behavior, so strange that the crowd began chanting, \u2018Fed, fed, fed, fed, fed, fed.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Sanborn, was Ray Epps a fed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir, I cannot answer that question,\u201d Sanborn replied.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz then cited the other incident caught on tape involving Epps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next day, on Jan. 6, Mr. Epps was seen whispering to a person and five seconds later\u2014five seconds after he\u2019s whispering to a person\u2014that same person begins to forcibly tear down the barricades,\u201d Cruz said. \u201cDid Mr. Epps urge them to tear down the barricades?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir, similar to the other answers, I cannot answer that,\u201d Sanborn repeated.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz noted that for a brief period, Epps was given a relatively high spot on the FBI\u2019s wanted list before being \u201cmagically\u201d removed.<\/p>\n<p>The wanted ad \u201cwas posted and then sometime later, magically, Mr. Epps disappeared from the public posting,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>The role played by the FBI, as well as possible ties between Epps and federal law enforcement, are one of a plethora of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mkt_app\/crucial-questions-left-unanswered-by-jan-6-committee-after-last-hearing_4801662.html\">questions left unanswered and unaddressed by the Jan. 6 panel.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>FBI Denies Reported Delay<\/h2>\n<p>In an emailed statement to The Epoch Times, the FBI claimed that the reported delay in beginning a full investigation into the pipe bombs did not happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI immediately began an investigation into the devices discovered outside the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee,\u201d the national FBI press office said. \u201cThere was no delay of any kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said it had taken \u201ca variety of steps,\u201d including interviews, assessing tips, and analyzing video files. In addition, the agency said that it launched \u201can extensive investigative publicity campaign\u201d to try to identify the unknown suspect that included a $100,000 reward.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being no closer to identifying the unknown suspect than they were almost two years ago, the FBI said it \u201ccontinues to aggressively investigate this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FBI also said that it did not play a role in \u201cinstigat[ing] or orchestrat[ing]\u201d the events of Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[To] the extent that there\u2019s a suggestion that the FBI\u2019s confidential human sources or FBI employees in some way instigated or orchestrated January 6th, that\u2019s categorically false,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the veracity of this claim remains dubious after Sanborn\u2019s refusal to deny FBI involvement while speaking under threat of perjury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI has testified to Congress and responded to letters from legislators on numerous occasions to provide an accurate accounting of how we do our work,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cThe men and women of the FBI devote themselves to protecting the American people from terrorism, violent crime, cyber threats, and other dangers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPut quite simply: we follow the facts without regard for politics,\u201d the agency insisted.<\/p>\n<p>However, this too conflicts with reports by Republicans that the FBI and DOJ have given incomplete or unsatisfactory answers to a series of questions about its decisions over the past two years, including the Michigan plot, the school board memo, the raid on Mar-a-Lago, and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile outside opinions and criticism often come with the job, we will continue to follow the facts wherever they lead, do things by the book, and speak through our work,\u201d the FBI\u2019s statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the FBI\u2019s assurances that it takes finding the would-be pipe bomber seriously, nearly two years after the threat, the individual remains at large.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the spokesperson evaded questions about whether Ray Epps was an FBI asset.<\/p>\n<h2>Jan. 6 Defendants Face \u2018Despicable\u2019 Conditions<\/h2>\n<p>Even as the FBI and DOJ dragged their feet on looking into the pipe bombs, others who committed nonviolent crimes on Jan. 6 have faced \u201cdespicable\u201d conditions, according to advocates for the defendants.<\/p>\n<p>Following the breakdown of order at the Capitol on Jan. 6, the DOJ undertook one of the most extensive manhunts in DOJ history; even some of those protestors who did not enter the Capitol were rounded up and left to languish in a jail cell.<\/p>\n<p>Though some of these defendants have managed to break free of what critics call the \u201cD.C. Gulag\u201d\u2014the D.C. Metropolitan Jail, where many Jan. 6 defendants continue to be held\u2014many more have been detained awaiting trial since their arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe slow pace of the pipe bombs investigation stands in contrast to other Department investigations and prosecutions related to the events of January 6, 2021,\u201d Judiciary Republicans wrote in the report. \u201cAccording to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of Columbia, as of October 6, 2022, it had arrested 880 people for January 6-related offenses, filed criminal charges against 272 defendants, and secured sentences for 280 defendants. There are also serious concerns about the pre-trial detention of January 6 defendants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Findings by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), one of the most outspoken advocates of Jan. 6 defendants, showed that these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/nothing-short-of-human-rights-violations-greene-blasts-treatment-of-jan-6-political-prisoners_4143767.html\">defendants have faced \u201cnothing short of human rights violations,\u201d<\/a> Greene said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4662017\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/08\/13\/GettyImages-1403107686-1200x802.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4662017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1403107686-600x401-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4662017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1403107686-600x401-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) speaks during a press conference on the House Jan. 6 Committee hearings at the U.S. Capitol on June 15, 2022. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Currently, some who entered the Capitol building on Jan. 6 are being held in the D.C. jail in conditions that Greene described as \u201cunusually cruel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greene listed a slew of examples of this treatment.<\/p>\n<p>According to Greene, Jan. 6 prisoners held in the D.C. jail have been beaten by guards and prison staff, have been unable to speak with their attorneys, have been denied haircuts or razors to shave, and have not been given proper medical treatment when they needed it, among many other examples.<\/p>\n<p>Greene noted another peculiarity of the Jan. 6 defendants: Usually, Greene says, members of Congress have no problem in gaining access to jails when they make the request. In this case, however, Deputy Warden Kathleen Landerkin denied Greene and her coalition access to the facilities on several occasions before finally allowing access to the representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, [Landerkin] locked us out before,\u201d said Greene, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s clear that there was a lot to hide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Hughes, founder of the Jan. 6 advocacy group called the Patriot Freedom Project, echoed Greene\u2019s claims in an interview with The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes started the organization after her nephew\u00a0Tim Hale-Cusanelli was arrested for a nonviolent offense in connection to the Capitol breach.<\/p>\n<p>Her nephew and others, Hughes said, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/jan-6-defendants-face-despicable-conditions-jan-6-advocacy-group-founder-top-attorney_4561837.html\">\u201cdenied every basic human right.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p>After entering the D.C. jail in January 2021, Hughes said, her nephew and other Jan. 6 defendants were held in solitary confinement and only allowed outside of their cells one hour per day.<\/p>\n<p>Defendants still \u201cdon\u2019t get to go outside, they don\u2019t get to see the sun,\u201d Hughes added. \u201cI anticipate many will have serious health issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have a medical problem, you\u2019re not seeing a doctor,\u201d she continued. \u201cTim has had two very significant ear infections, so bad that it caused bleeding from the ear, and he never got to see a doctor. He got to see a nurse practitioner, and they flushed his ear out with peroxide and gave him some penicillin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got significant hearing loss in both of his ears right now,\u201d Hughes added.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes described other conditions faced by detainees as well.<\/p>\n<p>Until \u201cvery recently,\u201d Hughes said, detainees who met with their lawyers were put into solitary confinement for two weeks, purportedly on grounds of COVID. However, Hughes judged that the measure was more intended to be punitive than anything.<\/p>\n<p>Detainees have faced other indignities as well: \u201cLots of strip search, their cells get raided, they\u2019re mocked, they\u2019re spoken down to, you can\u2019t mail packages [to detainees].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cI think the biggest thing of all that people should know: they\u2019re denied religious services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hughes said that she and her nephew are Catholic, a denomination of Christianity that places a great deal of emphasis on priests and rituals conducted by clergy, which has made the absence of any priest particularly difficult. But protestants, Muslims, and adherents of the Jewish faith have also been denied services, Hughes noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTim\u2019s been in jail for 18 months and he hasn\u2019t had any religious services,\u201d Hughes said, noting that defendants had banded together to form their own religious services in the absence of any clergy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s very disturbing,\u201d Hughes added.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Disparity\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Judiciary Republicans concluded the section of the report by opining that the slow pace of the pipe bombs investigation compared to other Jan. 6-related matters suggests \u201ca disparity in how the FBI and Justice Department are pursuing January 6-related matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompounding this appearance,\u201d Republicans argued, is the serial failure by the FBI to answer questions and inquiries about these and other issues raised by Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time that Republican inquiries went ignored, they noted, the FBI has been \u201cproviding information to the partisan Democrat-led Select Committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI\u2019s decision to provide information on a partisan basis is inconsistent with the FBI\u2019s purported impartiality and further erodes public confidence in the FBI\u2019s leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Concluding the subsection, Republicans said that given the FBI\u2019s \u201cenormous power,\u201d the American people expect it \u201cto fairly and evenhandedly enforce federal laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They continued: \u201cAs this report documents, the FBI has abused its law-enforcement authority in several ways\u2014violating the fundamental civil rights of American citizens and chilling their participation in the political process. The examples and incidents highlighted in this report are not exhaustive, but they are indicative of the degree to which the FBI\u2014and by extension the Justice Department\u2014have strayed from their apolitical law-enforcement mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For partisan purposes, Republicans argued, Attorney General Garland and FBI Director Wray \u201chave weaponized federal law enforcement to target the Administration\u2019s political opponents and protect political allies. Instead of using its enormous law-enforcement capabilities to make America safer, the FBI is investing its limited time and resources to further a leftist political agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people deserve better, as do the many patriotic Americans who joined the Bureau to make America a better place,\u201d the lawmakers wrote.<\/p>\n<h2>What Comes Next<\/h2>\n<p>Now that Republicans are on track to retake the lower chamber, the party will have wide-ranging authority to conduct investigations and issue subpoenas.<\/p>\n<p>The pipe bombs are only one of a series of questions Republicans hope to investigate when the 118th Congress sits.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans also have promised investigations into the role that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-Calif.) appointed officials played in leaving the Capitol unprepared on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) told The Epoch Times that he considers the pipe bombs investigation a priority, and will push his colleagues to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been almost two years, and we are no closer to knowing the identity of the January 5th pipe bomber,\u201d Nehls said. \u201cThe FBI has shown corruption in the past, especially in the case of Donald Trump, so it is no surprise that no progress is made while defendants who entered the Capitol deteriorate in the D.C. gulag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a Republican majority that has subpoena power, we will get to the bottom of it,\u201d he vowed.<\/p>\n<p>Others want to look into the ties between President Joe Biden, his son, and foreign business activities.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are also planning broad investigations into Garland\u2019s handling of the DOJ, particularly his infamous school board memo. Several Republicans have called for Garland\u2019s impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Some have also proposed investigations or even an effort to impeach Department of Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who has overseen unprecedented levels of illegal immigration along the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Amid all these efforts, it is unclear whether the pipe bombs investigation will be a key focus for the long-promised GOP investigation into the events of Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-joseph-lord\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ttl7dayRJQ_WEB_JosephLord-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"Joseph Lord\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Joseph Lord is a congressional reporter for The Epoch Times.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of a gargantuan 1,050-page report detailing whistleblower findings from the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ), Republicans found that the FBI waited over a year to begin a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1752364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1752364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1752364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1752364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1752364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}