FBI Director Kash Patel has blasted the Biden administration over the Jan. 6 pipe bomb investigation as suspect Brian Cole Jr. was arrested years later.
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FBIDirectorKashPatelonThursdayblastedtheBidenadministrationforitshandlingoftheinvestigationintowhoplantedpipebombsattheU.S.CapitolonJan.5,2021.
Pateltold“FoxNews@NightNow”hostTraceGallagherthattheprioradministration“saton”evidenceforfouryearsandfailedtomakeabreakthroughinthecase,whereastheFBIunderhisleadershipincorporatedcellphonegeolocationdatatohuntforthesuspect.
“Wewentbackandlookedatthecellphonetowerdatadumps.Wewentbackandlookedattheprovidersandwhatinformationtheyprovidedpursuanttosearchwarrantsatthetimeandaskedquestionssuchaswhyweren’tallthephonenumbersscrubbed,whyaren’ttheyconnectedandwhywasn’tthereanygeolocationaldatadone?”Patelsaid.“Thatiseithersheerincompetenceorcompleteintentionalnegligence—andneitherofwhichisacceptableforthisFBI.”
EVIDENCEAGAINSTJ6PIPEBOMBSUSPECTWASJUST‘SITTINGTHERE
