
Nancy Pelosi Passed By Jan. 6 DNC Pipe Bomb Before It Was Defused
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“Is this all the way blocked off? We’re going to Fort McNair," Pelosi's driver can be heard saying in newly released footage.
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.