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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The FBI has released new video showing someone placing two pipe bombs outside the offices of the Republican and Democratic national com
yeezy mittees the night before the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.The explosive devices were placed outside the two buildings between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 5 and were located by law enforcement the next day.U.S. Capitol Police and agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were called to the Republican National Committees office around 12:45 p.m. on Jan. 6. About 30 minutes later, as the agents and bomb technicians were still investigating at the RNC, another call came in for a similar explosive device found at the Democratic National Committee headquarters nearby. The bombs were rendered safe, and no one was hurt.The video, released Tuesday, shows a person in a gray hooded sweatshirt, a face mask and gloves appearing to place one of the explosives under a bench outside the DNC and separately shows the person walking in an alley near the RNC before the bomb was placed there. The person also wore black and light grey Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers with a yellow logo.READ MORE: Democrats police reform bill faces opposition in the Senate 鈥?but thats only the first hurdleIt is unclear whether the bombs were related to planning for the insurrection 鈥?when t
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