Ronna McDaniel told Newsmax on Friday that federal officials failed for four years to identify the suspect accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021, because the case didn’t fit the preferred narrative after the events of Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
McDaniel, who was chair of the Republican National Committee at the time, told Newsmax’s “Finnerty” with guest host Todd Starnes that the media and the Biden administration focused on portraying Republicans as dangerous and downplayed anything that contradicted that storyline.
Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Virginia reportedly has confessed to planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the RNC and Democratic National Committee that day.
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