Is there no national manhunt for those who planted two pipe bombs near the US Capitol in January?
On Jan. 5, 2021, two pipe bombs were placed in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The bombs were safely detonated by authorities.
Contrary to a social media post eight months later, the search for the pipe-bomb maker was nationwide and involved the FBI's Washington, D.C. field office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Capitol Police and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.
As of November 2021, investigators were still actively seeking tips from the public by offering a reward of $100,000. Details of the search on the FBI website fit the definition of manhunt: "a very organized, very intensive nationwide search."
On September 8 — nearly three weeks before the "no national manhunt" claim was posted — the FBI said it had "conducted more than 800 interviews, collected more than 23,000 video files, and assessed more than 300 tips related to this investigation."