Nancy Pelosi Passed By Jan. 6 DNC Pipe Bomb Before It Was Defused

On Jan. 6, 2021, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) motorcade came close to the pipe bomb planted outside the Democratic Party’s headquarters as supporters of President Donald Trump ransacked the Capitol building, according to new footage released by House Republicans.

Pelosi was being moved to safety after the angry mob breached security perimeters during the formal certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.

In the new footage, first reported by The New York Times, two black SUVs can be seen approaching an intersection near the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

Pelosi’s driver slows down to briefly address someone outside the vehicle: “Is this all the way blocked off? We’re going to Fort McNair.”

It was 2:26 p.m., according to The New York Times. Police began dismantling the device at 2:12 p.m. and finished at 2:31 p.m., the outlet said. Pelosi reportedly came within a few hundred feet of the device.

Another pipe bomb was found that day outside the Republican National Committee building. One of the enduring mysteries of the Capitol attack is who was responsible for planting them.

Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund told lawmakers in 2021 that he suspected the bombs were planted as a diversion, to lure limited law enforcement personnel away from the Capitol building.

“We were dealing with two pipe bombs that were specifically set right off the edge of our perimeter to, what I suspect, draw resources away,” Sund testified before Congress. “I think there was significant coordination with this attack.”

U.S. Capitol Police told The New York Times that the DNC device had already been rendered mostly inoperable by the time Pelosi rode by.

“Our bomb technicians did a great job