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House committee member urges hearings after arrest of Jan. 6 pipe-bomb suspect, questions scope of pardons
Summary
An unidentified committee member opened a select subcommittee session on Jan. 6, praised the FBI’s arrest of a pipe-bomb suspect, accused some Republicans of promoting debunked conspiracy theories blaming a Capitol Police officer, and asked whether presidential pardons could cover the suspect; the member also called for hearings on pardons and officer compensation.
An unidentified member of the House Judiciary: House Committee opened a select subcommittee session by praising FBI agents for apprehending the January 6 pipe-bomb suspect and by thanking Capitol Police for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
The member said, "We know that Brian Cole voted for Donald Trump twice," and quoted investigators' notes that Cole told the FBI he came to Washington because he was "going to protest in support of Donald Trump." The member told the panel the FBI concluded Cole "set what the FBI concluded were viable explosive devices on Capitol Hill," and credited Capitol Police and a bystander with discovering and disarming the devices.
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