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Discovery of pipe bombs in DC obscured by riot at Capitol

by Michael Balsamo
| January 11, 2021 1:30 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — As thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, federal agents were working at the same time to detonate two pipe bombs found just blocks away at the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees.

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