Tag: FBI

Federal Investigators Increase Reward for Information on Jan. 6 Pipe Bombs

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) have increased the reward for information leading to the successful identification of suspect(s) involved in placing pipe bombs in Washington city on Jan. 6. The bounty was first set to $50,000 on Jan. 7, one day after the bombs were discovered….


House Oversight Chairwoman Asks FBI Director to Investigate Parler Over Jan. 6 Capitol Riots

The House Oversight Committee sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray to look into Parler’s alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney wrote in a letter Wednesday that the FBI should carry out a “robust investigation” into whether Parler played a role in the Capitol breach. The chairwoman also wanted…


House Oversight Chairwoman Seeks FBI Probe of Parler Over Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

The House Oversight Committee sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray to look into allegations of social media platform Parler’s involvement “related to the violence” on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney wrote in a letter dated Jan. 21 that the FBI should carry out a “robust investigation” into whether Parler played…


Facts Matter (Jan. 20): Joe Biden Pledges to Defeat the NRA

Newly released data from the FBI shows that gun sales skyrocketed in 2020, reaching an all-time high. Meanwhile, Joe Biden has pledged to “Defeat the NRA.” Bill Gates is now the largest owner of farmland in America. Over in Florida, a man who described himself as a “hardcore leftist” was arrested for plotting to violently…


Steele Leaked to Media Because FBI Reopened Clinton-Email Case, New Documents Show

Declassified notes of the FBI’s interview with former British spy Christopher Steele show that he betrayed the FBI by leaking to the media at the direction of his client, Hillary Clinton, because the FBI had reopened the investigation into Clinton’s use of an unauthorized private email server to conduct government work. Just the News obtained…


FBI Releases Photos of Suspects in Beating of Officer, Planting of Pipe Bombs on Jan. 6

The FBI on Sunday released new pictures of men they say were involved in the beating of a police officer on Jan. 6 and a suspect agents believe planted pipe bombs at the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee that same day. The agency published photographs of seven males who are accused of beating…


Canada’s Spy-Catching System Caused Delay, Angst in Delisle Case: Former FBI Official

OTTAWA—The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s former head of counter−intelligence says it fell to him to tell the RCMP about a spy in the Canadian navy, even though the Canadian Security Intelligence Service was already well aware of Jeffrey Delisle’s sale of sensitive secrets to the Russians. In a newly published book, Frank Figliuzzi casts…


Virginia Man Arrested at DC Checkpoint With Unregistered Firearm, Says It Was ‘Honest Mistake’

The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) on Saturday announced that it had arrested a man at an inaugural security checkpoint the day before, who had presented a non-government issued credential. Authorities said the man, Wesley Allen Beeler, 31, of Virginia, was arrested at around 6:30 p.m. Friday, when he was carrying a handgun in plain sight in…


Gun Sales Surged in 2020, a Year Roiled by Pandemic Anxiety and Political Uncertainty

Gun sales in the United States set a new record in 2020, FBI statistics show, sending America’s arsenal to new heights in a year scarred by the pandemic and marked by social and political tension. In 2020, federal authorities carried out more than 39.5 million firearms background checks, which serve as a proxy for gun…


Gun Sales Surged in 2020 on Pandemic Anxiety, Political Uncertainty

Gun sales in the United States set a record in 2020, FBI statistics show, in a year scarred by the COVID-19 pandemic and marked by social and political tension. In 2020, federal authorities carried out more than 39.5 million firearms background checks, which serve as a proxy for gun sales. Staff at the National Instant…