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Cellular Carriers Refute FBI Testimony Claiming they Can’t Identify Suspect in Jan 6 Pipe Bomber Investigation

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3 weeks ago

November 15, 2024

Congressional scrutiny intensified this week after cellular carriers revealed they possess intact phone usage data from the area where two pipe bombs were planted on January 6, 2021, directly contradicting FBI testimony that agents couldn’t identify a suspect due to corrupted data.

Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chair of the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, shared these revelations with Just the News, raising questions about why the case remains unsolved nearly four years later despite significant evidence and resources.

In June 2023, Steve D’Antuono, the former Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, testified that phone data from the vicinity of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters was corrupted, preventing investigators from identifying the suspect who planted the explosive devices hours before the Capitol was breached.

Loudermilk’s subcommittee later reached out to the major cellular carriers to verify the claim. “Every major cell carrier responded and confirmed that they did not provide the FBI corrupted data,” Loudermilk said. Furthermore, carriers stated they were never notified of any issues with accessing the data.

“This contradictory testimony raises some serious questions about the status of the investigation into the pipe bomber and why the case remains unsolved nearly four years later,” Loudermilk added.

The pipe bomb investigation has been a source of controversy. While the FBI obtained photographic and video evidence of the suspect, including images of the individual holding what appears to be a cell phone, the bureau has been unable to identify or locate them. A $500,000 reward for information remains active.

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Canada Beefs up Border Security After Trump Threatened Sweeping Tariffs

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3 days ago

December 3, 2024

Sara Carter Staff

In November, president-elect Donald Trump announced on social media that he would impose a 25% tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico if they do not take an active role in containing illegal immigration as well as the level of illicit drugs entering into the United States.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Trump at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, after which the Canadian government vowed to secure the border. “We got, I think, a mutual understanding of what they’re concerned about in terms of border security,” Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc, who accompanied Trudeau at Mar-a-Largo, said of the meeting in an interview with Canadian media. “All of their concerns are shared by Canadians and by the government of Canada.”

“We talked about the security posture currently at the border that we believe to be effective, and we also discussed additional measures and visible measures that we’re going to put in place over the coming weeks,” LeBlanc continued. “And we also established, Rosemary, a personal series of rapport that I think will continue to allow us to make that case.”

The Daily Caller News Foundation reports the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is preparing to beef up its immigration enforcement capabilities by hiring more staff, adding more vehicles and creating more processing facilities, in the chance that there is an immigration surge sparked by Trump’s presidential election victory. The moves are a change in direction from Trudeau’s public declaration in January 2017 that Canada was a “welcoming” country and that “diversity is our strength” just days after Trump was sworn into office the first time.

The Daily Caller notes the differences in response from the Canadian government verses Mexico’s:

Trudeau’s recent overtures largely differ from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has indicated she is not willing to bend the knee to Trump’s tariff threats. The Mexican leader in November said “there will be a response in kind” to any tariff levied on Mexican goods going into the U.S., and she appeared to deny the president-elect’s claims that she agreed to do more to beef up border security in a recent phone call.