Vice President Kamala Harris was less than 20 feet from a “viable” pipe bomb on January 6, according to a new report from Homeland Security’s internal watchdog.

The Office of the Inspector General released its report on Friday detailing the Secret Service’s preparation for, and response to, the events of January 6, 2021. Five people died and hundreds were injured in the Capitol assault, where rioters aimed to prevent the certification of the election for President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Among the shocking revelations was that Harris, then vice president-elect, was within close range to a “viable” pipe bomb that Secret Security had missed in a security sweep.

“The pipe bomb had been placed near the [Democratic National Committee] building the night before”, the report states, but Secret Service personnel did not identify it during their security sweep on the morning of January 6.

    • Flying Squid
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      142 months ago

      You give her too much credit. If she tried to plant a pipe bomb, it would have blown up in her face.

      • @xmunk
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        132 months ago

        Didn’t it? I thought that was how she got her hairstyle.

        • Flying Squid
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          72 months ago

          That would only explain it if the bomb had gone off. I think we need to explain her hairstyle on a complete lack of taste.