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Michael Knowles Says Evidence Used to Catch J6 Bomber Was Already Known Under Biden Administration


Top Points

  • Knowles argued that none of the evidence used to identify the January 6 bomber was new: He said the Trump administration solved the case using information that had already been available to the Biden administration for years.

  • Knowles emphasized that the only meaningful difference in the investigation was who occupied the Oval Office: He claimed that once President Trump returned to office, the same evidence that had previously been ignored was finally acted upon.

  • Knowles highlighted that the bomber had purchased bomb components with traceable credit cards: He criticized the Biden administration for failing to pursue such clear leads while focusing instead on prosecuting lower level January 6 protesters.


Full Report:

On a recent episode of The Michael Knowles Show, host Michael Knowles discussed the arrest of the alleged January 6 pipe bomber and focused on what he described as a critical and revealing aspect of the investigation. Knowles emphasized that none of the evidence used by the Trump administration to identify and capture the suspect was new. Instead, he argued that all of the key information had already been in the possession of federal authorities during the Biden administration but was never acted upon.


Knowles Highlights That No New Evidence Was Required

Knowles told viewers that the investigative breakthroughs celebrated under the Trump administration did not come from newly uncovered intelligence or advanced investigative techniques. According to him, the decisive evidence existed for years and had been available since shortly after the bombs were discovered in 2021. He said this included financial records, surveillance footage, and other digital traces that federal agents could have pursued at any time.


Knowles pointed out that one particularly striking detail was that the bomber had purchased bomb components using traceable credit cards. He argued that such a clear financial trail should have led investigators to a suspect long before now and suggested that the failure to act on this information reflected a lack of will, not a lack of capability.


Knowles Says the Only Difference Was Who Occupied the Oval Office

A major theme of Knowles’s segment was his assertion that the only meaningful change in the investigation was the transition from President Biden to President Trump. He stated that the shift in political leadership resulted in a new attitude toward the case, and that the Trump administration had simply prioritized the investigation in a way the previous administration had not.


Knowles said that this leadership change alone was enough to transform long-ignored evidence into an actionable case, leading to the identification and arrest of the suspect within a short period.


A Broader Critique of Biden’s Approach to January 6 Cases

Knowles contrasted the years-long delay in solving the bombing case with the speed and intensity with which the Biden administration pursued hundreds of lower level January 6 protestors. He argued that focusing on minor offenses while overlooking the individual responsible for planting explosive devices demonstrated misplaced priorities and a politicization of federal law enforcement.


He suggested that the disparity in attention further undermines public confidence in the FBI and raises questions about how investigative decisions were made over the last several years.


References

  • The Michael Knowles Show. Discussion segment on evidence used to identify the January 6 pipe bomber. Daily Wire.

  • Knowles, Michael. Commentary on federal investigative actions related to the January 6 pipe bomber case. The Michael Knowles Show, Daily Wire.

  • “Public Reporting on Evidence and Investigative Timelines in the January 6 Pipe Bomber Case.” News coverage compiled from major national outlets.


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