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FBI officially throws cold water on right-wing 'bombshell'

FBI clarified investigation targets a different person linked by photo evidence and SmartTrip card use, countering a 94% gait analysis match claim by conservative outlets.

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NBC News reports the FBI threw cold water on a popular right-wing conspiracy that a former Capitol Police officer was a potential match for the suspect who planted pipe bombs at the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.“In a letter to a Republican congressman who leads a new committee investigating Jan. 6, the FBI explained that it had been tracking a separate person of …

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