Update: Shortly after the publication of this story, journalist Breanna Morello reported that a source told her the purported suspect named by Blaze Media was not, in fact, involved in the pipe bomb scandal. “This source tells me they know where she was at the time and they do not believe it’s her. The FBI may have another suspect they’re focused on in their investigation,” Morello reported (see here). This article and its headline have been updated accordingly, including by removing the name and description of the person identified by Blaze.
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The person who allegedly planted pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC headquarters ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest is possibly a former Capitol Police officer who now works for the CIA, according to an unconfirmed and heavily disputed report from Blaze Media.
Blaze reported Saturday morning that it had a “veteran analyst” run the suspect through gait recognition software, which analyzes how someone walks. The software reportedly found that the suspect’s gait is a “94%-98% match” to that of a former Capitol Police officer. Several “current intelligence sources” reportedly confirmed the findings.
The Capitol Police, the Justice Department and FBI did not respond to Blaze News’s requests for comment. It’s unclear if the publication reached out to the former officer for comment. Blaze editor in chief Christopher Bedford said he was pulled over by local police after stopping to observe the former officer’s home Friday night. He was allowed to leave.
This publication was unable to verify any of the Blaze’s findings, and notes that Blaze has reported fake news in the past—including about the pipe bomb story.
DOJ special attorney Ed Martin said that the DOJ has not identified the former officer as the suspect.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has demanded a statement from FBI Director Kash Patel on the matter.
America is waking up today to learn that Capitol Police turned CIA orchestrated the pipe bombs on January 6th, and the FBI has covered it up for over fours years. I questioned FBI Dir. Wray, ATF Dir. Dettlebach, and FBI asst Dir. (over DC) D’Antuono under oath. All played dumb. https://t.co/mrqtNy7fP6
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 8, 2025
As Headline USA revealed in March 2024, the FBI had a suspect identified by Jan. 10, 2021 in the pipe bomb case, but never made any arrests.
FBI records released in September revealed that agents didn’t interview the woman who discovered a pipe bomb near the RNC around 12:40 p.m. on Jan. 6 until days later. That woman, former counterterrorism analyst and then-Commerce Department worker Karlin Younger, said she found the bomb while doing laundry.
Meanwhile, former Vice President Kamala Harris continues to be tight-lipped on the subject, despite the fact that her motorcade drove past the DNC pipe bomb on Jan. 6. Harris left the Capitol at 11:21 a.m. arrived to the DNC at 11:25 a.m., but the nearby pipe bomb wasn’t discovered until 1:07 p.m. by a plainclothes Capitol Police officer.
The lack of answers have driven many to suspect that it may have been a false-flag attempt overseen by the feds themselves to divert law enforcement from the Capitol right as the Jan. 6 protest was turning violent.
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., has said that it may be impossible to successfully prosecute the pipe bomber, even if he or she is ever arrested.
“Here’s what a good criminal defense attorney’s going to say: If you identified the individual who’s believed to place the bomb, then hours go by, and you had a search by the Secret Service at the DNC and the dog didn’t find the explosive—so clearly, the device [the defense attorney’s] client might have left there wasn’t the device that was determined to be the pipe bomb, because it wasn’t picked up by the bomb-sniffing dog,” Griffith argued in March 2024.
History of Disinformation from Blaze Reporter Steve Baker
Blaze reporter Steve Baker was the lead reporter on Saturday’s unconfirmed pipe bomb story. Baker has a long history of reporting dubious and downright false information.
In August 2024, for instance, he reported that the alleged pipe bomber seemingly interacting with Capitol Police while walking around DC the night of Jan. 5, 2021. However, that turned out to be false. The pipe bomb suspect seen walking by the Capitol Hill Club was not the same person as someone who walked towards Capitol Police vehicles minutes later.
Before that, Baker reported in July 2024 that a Secret Service counter-sniper shot the would-be assassin at Butler, Pennsylvania, from 448 yards away. In fact, the counter-sniper who shot the would-be assassin was about 150 yards away. Baker never ran a correction on his false report.
Additionally, Baker has claimed to have evidence that the Pentagon authorized “directed energy weapons” to be used during the 2020 leftist riots, and that such weapons may also have been used on Jan. 6, 2021. Baker has yet to provide any evidence of this.
Note: This story has been updated to include Blaze reporter Steve Baker’s history of dubious reporting.
Ken Silva is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.
