WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.190 Uh, Director Wray, in light of information provided to us about the FBI's investigation of the January 6th pipe bombs, 00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:17.190 in an interview with Assistant Director Steven D'Antuono, Chairman Jordan and I sent you a letter a month ago. Some of the information that we found in 00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:28.110 that interview was that phone data that could have helped to identify the pipe bomber was corrupted, was unusable. Uh, he also wasn't sure 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:37.310 who found or how the second bomb was found at the DNC. Do you know how the second bomb was found at the DNC? And when do you plan on answering our 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:45.870 letter? >> Well, as to the letter, I I will uh work with the department to make sure we can figure out what information we can provide. As you know, this is a very 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:54.110 active ongoing investigation, and there are some restrictions on that, but we will do our best. >> We handle classified information, and we fund your department, and so you need to 00:00:54.120 --> 00:01:02.750 provide that. >> I It's not Respectfully, it's not an issue of classification. It's an issue of commenting on ongoing 00:01:02.760 --> 00:01:11.110 criminal investigations, which is something that by long-standing department policy we are restricted in doing. And in fact, the last administration actually strengthened 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:19.790 those policies partly because >> That's not our policy, though, and we fund you, so let's move on. >> Do you know how the second pipe bomb Do you Can you tell us how the second pipe 00:01:19.800 --> 00:01:28.430 bomb was found at the DNC? >> I I again, I'm not going to get into that here. >> 900 days ago is when this happened, and you said you had total confidence we'd 00:01:28.440 --> 00:01:38.430 apprehend the subject. Uh, we've found video that looks like somebody, a passerby, miraculously found this pipe bomb at the DNC and then notified the 00:01:38.440 --> 00:01:47.430 police. Miraculously, I say because it was it specifically the same the precise time to cause the maximum distraction from the events going on at the Capitol. 00:01:47.440 --> 00:01:56.710 Can you show this video that we have, please? I'd like to know if the director has seen this. 00:01:56.720 --> 00:02:05.110 This is somebody with a with a mask on wearing a hat. They're walking in front of the DNC, which is out of the view on the right-hand side. You'll see him come 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:14.470 into view. He goes to one police car. He goes to another police car. He's holding a backpack. He's got a mask on. He's talking to the police. And within a minute, they start 00:02:14.480 --> 00:02:25.590 scrambling. You'll see the camera turn to the pipe bomb, the location of the pipe bomb. By the way, that's the I believe the Metro police are now getting out of their car, and that's 00:02:25.600 --> 00:02:35.470 uh Vice President-elect's detail in the black SUV, I believe, parked about 30 ft from the pipe bomb eating lunch. Okay, now we go over to the location of the 00:02:35.480 --> 00:02:44.710 pipe bomb. The cameras are scrambling. It It appears to me that that's not a coincidence, that the person with the backpack who walked by 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:53.190 that bench and then went up to the police uh and the detail didn't didn't do that accidentally. They had a 00:02:53.200 --> 00:03:01.630 purpose in mind, and then what transpired after that was the result of information that person gave to them. If that person 00:03:01.640 --> 00:03:10.830 found the pipe bomb, would they be a suspect? >> Well, again, I don't want to speculate about specific individuals. I will tell you that we have done thousands of 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:20.910 interviews, uh reviewed something like 40,000 video files, of which this is uh one. Uh assessed 500 something tips. 00:03:20.920 --> 00:03:29.630 >> Have you interviewed that person? >> We We have conducted all logical investigative steps and interviewed all logical individuals at this point. 00:03:29.640 --> 00:03:38.160 >> It's 900 days. You need to tell us what you found because we're finding stuff you haven't released into the public.