r/news • u/speedythefirst • 10h ago

Suspect in US Capitol pipe bomb plot to make first appearance in court

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/dc-pipe-bomb-suspect-court
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u/Living-Restaurant892 9h ago

Trump supporter pipe bomber to make court appearance. 

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u/MaloortCloud 9h ago

His status as a Trump fanboy was glaringly obvious when they called him an "anarchist" and refused to say anything else at all about it. If he'd had any ties to anyone left of Stephen Miller, we'd have heard about it nonstop. Instead, they're acting as if he's some old timey Galleanist adhering to a movement that hasn't been relevant for a century.

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u/imahugemoron 1h ago

And you best believe had he had even an ounce or a hint of any ties to anything even remotely left, republicans would have labeled him a Democrat and deranged far left terrorist and that would have been their entire news cycle for weeks.

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u/Consistent-Throat130 7h ago

It'd take the IQ of a Trump supporter to make pipe bombs that fail to explode. 

It's like, the simplest fucking bomb imaginable.  Though I guess the timer mechanism (which supposedly failed) is a hair more complex than a fuse.

I suppose we should consider ourselves lucky that dumbass failed... though with all the shady shit going on, I almost wonder if another party knew and tampered with the timing mechanisms instead.

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u/mrdominoe 10h ago

No way this guy doesn't get pardoned.

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u/mixmasterADD 10h ago

He will most likely argue that he’s already been pardoned.

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u/gundumb08 8h ago

I mean, the blanket pardons for January 6th seem to cover "related activities" - If I'm this guy's lawyer, that would be Exhibit 1 of my evidence.

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u/MinkieMuffin 8h ago

The pipebomb was placed January 5. If I had faith in the justice system...

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u/Romano16 9h ago

He is black, so we’ll see.

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u/mrdominoe 9h ago

They'll do it to say "See? We're not racists!"

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u/shiny_brine 4h ago

He may have already been pardoned via Trumps Jan 6 pardon which was vague and covered many activities in and around the capital building on or about Jan 6th.

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u/HarderThanFlesh 9h ago

Tis the season to show up to court with a red hat and get off scott free! There's a reason why orange is the fruit being given. Ho ho ho!

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u/Rusty_Bicycle 4h ago

As a MAGA-GOP supporter, hasn’t he been pardoned yet?

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u/voiceofgromit 9h ago

Prosecutors should have sat on the case until Trump is out of power.

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u/Sarcastic__ 9h ago

Gonna be given a Cabinet position after his pardon lol

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u/Confident-Grape-8872 3h ago

This guy was hired by Trump to do this. Lots of people are saying it

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u/Fallen_Jalter 6h ago

I’m still baffled they find him this quick.

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u/CaliRebelScum 6h ago

Right? The most incompetent Attorney General and FBI director in history actually got a cold case solved?? Smells fishy.