FBI’s Bongino Says Pipe Bomb Mystery Nearing Breakthrough: “We’re Closing In”
After years of frustration and unanswered questions, the truth about the January 6 pipe bomb plot may finally be coming into focus — thanks to the leadership of newly appointed FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
In a major update that has energized conservatives and transparency advocates alike, Bongino appeared on Fox & Friends this week and revealed that his team is “closing in on some suspects” in the long-dormant investigation.
“The second we got in, I put a team on it and I said, ‘I want answers on this,’” Bongino told Fox. “And I’m pretty confident that we’re closing in on some suspects.”
The two pipe bombs, discovered near the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters just blocks from the Capitol, have remained one of the most suspicious and underreported elements of the events surrounding January 6, 2021.
Thousands of Americans gathered that day to protest the results of the 2020 election. Yet while the media and Democrats focused relentlessly on crowd behavior, they largely ignored the timing, placement, and explosive potential of the pipe bombs — which were only discovered 16 hours after being planted, raising major questions about security breakdowns and potential cover-ups.
Watch Bongino’s Fox appearance
Skepticism has simmered for years within President Donald Trump’s base. Why was surveillance footage so limited? Why were there no arrests? And why did the narrative surrounding the pipe bombs fade just as the Biden administration assumed power?
As a former Secret Service agent and outspoken critic of the deep state, Bongino had previously suggested that the FBI engaged in a deliberate misdirection during the original probe. On his radio show, he called it an “inside job” and accused the bureau of misleading the public.
Now as deputy director, Bongino is in a position to act.
According to Fox News, newly discovered material from the Comey era was found in a hidden room — further fueling concerns that the previous FBI leadership may have buried critical evidence.
“I wouldn’t call it hidden, but hidden from us at least and not mentioned to us, and then we found stuff in there and a lot of it’s from the Comey-era, and we are working our damndest right now to declassify,” Bongino said.
Surveillance footage from the night of January 5 shows a masked suspect wearing a gray hoodie, Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers, gloves, and glasses. That person is seen planting the bombs but has never been identified — despite over 600 tips and a $500,000 reward still being offered.
A 2024 DHS inspector general report confirmed the bombs were “viable” and could have caused mass casualties. One was discovered behind the RNC by a Capitol Hill resident doing her laundry; the second was uncovered near the DNC shortly after.
Shockingly, both Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi were in proximity to the DNC pipe bomb at different points — a revelation that barely made headlines in the legacy press.
Although the pipe bombs were fitted with one-hour timers, FBI experts later claimed they wouldn’t have triggered an explosion. Still, the fact that the bombs sat unnoticed for more than 16 hours raises critical concerns.
A report by House Republicans outlined that the FBI originally chased promising leads — including one suspect who had Googled “pipe bomb DC” and another who had bought the same sneaker model — but momentum stalled after a few weeks.
Now under Bongino’s command, the case may finally see daylight.
His aggressive approach, emphasis on declassification, and public commitment to transparency is a far cry from the stonewalling and silence that defined the investigation under Biden’s DOJ.
And for many in America First circles, that’s not a coincidence — it’s a course correction.