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Feds Offer $500K Reward For Pipe Bomb Bandit Who Planted Explosives Day Before Capitol Riot Feds Offer $500K Reward For Pipe Bomb Bandit Who Planted Explosives Day Before Capitol Riot
Feds Offer $500K Reward For Pipe Bomb Bandit Who Planted Explosives Day Before Capitol Riot Federal officials are now offering a half-million dollar reward for information that leads to the arrest of a person who placed pipe bombs near the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC the day before the Jan. 6 insurrection. Between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 5, 2021, federal investigators say that an unknown person placed two pipe bombs in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC. Officials said that one was placed in an alley behind the headquarters of the RNC on First Street SE, and the second next to a park bench nea…

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Former Capitol Police Officer Found Guilty Of Assisting With Jan. 6 Capitol Rioter In DC Former Capitol Police Officer Found Guilty Of Assisting With Jan. 6 Capitol Rioter In DC
Former Capitol Police Officer Found Guilty Of Assisting With Jan. 6 Capitol Rioter In DC A former US Capitol Police officer has been convicted for communicating with a rioter during the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington, DC, federal officials announced. Michael Riley, 51, was found guilty of obstruction following a trial, though a jury was unable to reach a verdict on a second count, which ended in a mistrial, according to officials. Riley, a 25-year police veteran, was at work with a K-9 unit on Jan. 6, 2021, on the day of the riot. Although he was not on duty inside the Capitol Building itself during the attack, officials say he was aware of what was taking place when he re…

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