Today’s Brew we’re putting in a thermos bottle, because it’s a twisting, turning road we’re going down.

And it kicks off near the DNC headquarters on January 6.

Video Shows Shocking Nonchalance by Cops and Secret Service Over DNC Pipe Bomb on J6

On January 6, 2021, minutes before the first breach of the U.S. Capitol, a pipe bomb was discovered near the Democratic National Headquarters. (Another was found near the RNC.) The story we’ve been told for three years was that the pipe bomb appeared operational, that an FBI robot had to come in and blow it up. Nancy Pelosi’ J6 Committee then told us that Kamala Harris had been at the DNC, passed by the location, and could have very easily been killed!

Thanks to Rep. Thomas Massie, we now have video that blows huge holes into the narrative and raises very disturbing questions. Revolver’s Darren Beattie has an amazing thread with a blow-by-blow account. But here’s the gist: The “discoverer” of the pipe bomb … who just happens to be an off-duty, undercover Capitol Hill police officer … is seen casually reporting the discovery to a parked Metro Police unit and Secret Service SUV. Does everybody spring into immediate action? Clear the area? Act as you’d expect law officers to act on a day of already heightened security concerns? No. They shrug as if the man had just asked them directions to the Smithsonian.

They don’t move out of their cars for a minute and don’t evacuate the scene. Nonchalant? Jerry Nadler moves quicker. 

In fact, they are sooooo unconcerned about the explosive device they let a group of school children pass within a few feet of it.

Here’s Beattie’s jaw-dropping thread:

Below, courtesy of Thomas Massie, is the most damning and explosive J6 footage yet released.

In my view this will end up demolishing the Regime's J6 narrative and with it a major pillar of Dem's 2024 strategy.

You paying attention Kamala? pic.twitter.com/1LuNm6pGdB

— Darren J. Beattie 🌐 (@DarrenJBeattie) January 18, 2024

And here’s his article laying it out in more damning detail.

There is one conclusion, since complete foolish and dangerous incompetence is off the table. They knew the device was a fake all along. That it was a plant. And how did they know that? Sadly, the most logical conclusion is the pipe bombs were part of a Fed operation on J6. Creating an illusion of an “insurrection.” An operation designed not only to stop the nation from hearing the evidence of election malfeasance, but to set in motion the massive oppression of Joe Biden’s political opposition. I mean, is it possible the FBI tracked down every grannie in a MAGA hat who came within a mile of the Capitol, but has no idea who the pipe bomber is? 

Please watch the video. If you’ve got a better explanation for what you see, by golly, please share! ContactUs@stream.flywheelstaging.com.

Liberal (in the old respectable sense) journalist Michael Shellenberger also has analysis of the video. 

Video Shows Key Witness in Case Against J6 Defenders Lied, Lied, Lied About Whereabouts

Yet another video indicates the J6 story we’ve been told is a concoction. Special Agent David Lazarus, a member of Nancy Pelosi’s security detail, was used as a key witness against the Oath Keepers. Under oath, he backed the account of another officer who claimed to have had a hostile encounter with the group inside the Capitol on J6. Lazarus said he witnessed the incident.

His testimony helped get those Oath Keepers convicted.

Except … as The Blaze exclusively has reported … CCTV footage from the Capitol that was buried by Pelosi proves beyond all shadow of doubt that Lazarus was nowhere near where the alleged encounter took place. He simply could not have seen what he claimed to have seen. And for his false testimony, several Oath Keepers rot in prison.

WATCH The Blaze’s video report.

🚨EXCLUSIVE J6 INVESTIGATION🚨

– Thanks to new House Speaker Mike Johnson, We now have permission to release Capitol CCTV footage proving that a member of Nancy Pelosi's security detail, Special Agent David Lazarus, perjured himself on the stand during the Oath Keepers trial.… pic.twitter.com/lEJxcHlKmX

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) January 15, 2024

Who put Lazarus up to his apparent perjury? Was it his boss Nancy Pelosi? Or does it go even higher? We have to ask. Because right now, with this footage now public and the evidence plain to see, the DOJ isn’t setting the Oath Keepers free and pursuing Lazarus. No, the Biden Administration is  trying to imprison the Blaze journalist who broke the story! Steve Baker was inside the Capitol, covering J6, like dozens of mainstream outlets’ reporters. And yet, he is set to be charged. For exactly what, he does not know. Like something out of a Kafka novel, DOJ’s won’t say.

On Monday, Baker and his lawyers released statements.

🚨For Immediate Release🚨: Statement from Steve Baker's attorneys regarding ongoing threat of prosecution from @TheJusticeDept:

William L. Shipley, Esq.
James Lee Bright, Esq.
Bradford L. Geyer, Esq.
Edward L. Tarpley Jr., Esq.
Matthew P. Ceradini, Esq.
Phillip A. Linder, Esq. pic.twitter.com/K50DNKky9r

— Steve Baker – TPC (@TPC4USA) January 22, 2024

Baker concludes:

I will not be intimidated. I will continue to report my findings of my investigation into the evidence being made available for me to review. I have followed and reported on dozens of trials of January 6 defendants, and the more I investigate, the greater is my unease at what is being done in the name of “justice.”

REPORT: Newly Uncovered Audio Shows Pelosi Security Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt Lied When Calling in the Shooting

Lazarus isn’t the only one in Pelosi’s detail caught lying. Remember Michael Byrd, the officer who shot Ashli Babbitt in cold blood? In audio that has taken three years to emerge, Byrd is heard radioing what has happened. Except, as Epoch Times reports, what he says is fiction.

A lawsuit filed earlier this month by the Babbitt family has the transcript.

An inaccurate report comes over the police radio of shots being fired.

Shortly after Byrd weighs in, falsely claiming shots were being fired at him:

Lt. Byrd: “405-B. We got shots fired in the lobby. We got fot (sic), shots fired in the lobby of the House chamber. Shots are being fired at us, and we’re prepared to fire back at them. We have guns drawn. [Unintelligible.] Don’t leave that end! Don’t leave that end!”

No shots were fired. No shots were fired. No shots were fired! Apart from the one took that killed Ashli Babbitt.

It’s worth remembering that Byrd refused to cooperate with the FBI and Metro police investigations of Babbitt’s killing. And the FBI just let that slide. An internal investigation which cleared Pelosi’s guy of wrongdoing and cushy, friendly interview with NBC News suited the Feds just fine.

Pelosi’s J6 Committee Destroyed Encrypted Files That Were Supposed to Be Handed Over to the GOP

One side-effect of Hillary Clinton being allowed to slide after destroying emails that were under subpoena is that crooked actors think they can get away with it. On Monday, Fox News broke the story that Pelosi’s J6 Committee deleted and encrypted 117 files from their “investigation” right before the GOP took over. House rules dictate all documents be turned over to the new GOP-led panel. Thankfully, the House Administration Committee’s Oversight sub-committee knew the rats they were dealing with. Chairman Barry Loudermilk brought in a forensic team to determine if the Democrats turned everything over. Nope. They discovered about half the files or two terabytes had been deleted and encrypted. According to Fox News Digital, the forensic team was able to recover the 117 files and now Loudermilk is demanding answers from J6 Committee Chairman Bennie Johnson, including the passwords for the recovered files.

Johnson has until tomorrow to provide those answers.  

Along The Stream

After all that, we need some uplifting news. Check out Stream writer Aliya Kuykendall’s stunning edition of Sunny Side of The Stream: “200 Muslims in Gaza Saw Jesus, Ex-Terrorist Confirms.”

Plus, Tom Gilson has a way to “Grow Your ‘Street Smarts’ for Facing Challenges to Your Faith.”

Also, Stream contributor Timothy Furnish answers the question, “What Game is Iran Playing?”

 

Al Perrotta is the Managing Editor of The Stream, co-author, with John Zmirak, of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and co-author of the counter-terrorism memoir Hostile Intent: Protecting Yourself Against Terrorism.