A computer program that compared the bomb suspect’s gait to that of Shauni Kerkhoff produced a 94% match.

Aforensic analysis of a female former U.S. Capitol Police officer’s gait is a 94%-98% match to the unique stride of the long-sought Jan. 6 pipe-bomb suspect, according to a Blaze News investigation confirmed by several intelligence sources.

A source close to a congressional investigation of Jan. 6 additionally told Blaze News evidence has emerged recently that pointed toward law enforcement possibly being involved in the planting of the pipe bombs.

A software algorithm that analyzes walking parameters including flexion (knee bend), hip extension, speed, step length, cadence, and variance rated Shauni Rae Kerkhoff, 31, of Alexandria, Va., as a 94% match to the bomb suspect shown on video from Jan. 5, 2021. The veteran analyst who ran the analysis for Blaze News said that based on visual observations the program can struggle with, he personally pegged the match at closer to 98%.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/former-capitol-police-officer-a-forensic-match-for-jan-6-pipe-bomber-sources-say

The watchers are watching the watchers, Trumpkin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49412058)

After opening statements, the prosecution's first witness to testify was Shauni Kerkhoff, who was working with the Civil Disturbance Unit of the U.S. Capitol Police during the riot.

The crowd was "angry and violent" and extended "as far as I could see," she testified. "They were calling us 'traitors.' "

The prosecution played a recording of Kerkhoff calling for backup over the radio. Kerkhoff described her own voice on the recording as "panicked."

Kerkhoff said she recognized Reffitt from that crowd on Jan. 6, and described how he ascended a stairway outside the Capitol building backed by the mob. She testified that Reffitt appeared to be "leading the crowd up."

Kerkhoff said officers used pepper balls and multiple cans of "OC spray" — commonly known as pepper spray — to try to repel Reffitt's advances.

Eventually, Kerkhoff testified, Reffitt was hit with enough spray that he turned back and tried to flush out his eyes with a water bottle. Other rioters, however, pushed past the police line, and would breach the building itself.

Nestler, the prosecutor, asked Kerkhoff about whether she considered using her firearm, which she had on her during the riot. "I assumed that people in this crowd were armed," Kerkhoff responded, and said she was reluctant to use her own firearm because it could lead to a "shootout," killing multiple people.

Kerkhoff did testify that she did not see any indication that Reffitt was armed, though she said she did not have a view of his right hip, where his holster allegedly was

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49412098)

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The crowd was angry that day my friends...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49412415)

hey libs try not to be so obvious with the name of your provocateur units

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49413672)

What more evidence do you need? Her picture is right there. Why hasn’t Trump charged her yet?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49412103)

Hilarious if true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49412116)

A. I can help compare the gait patterns — such as stride length, rhythm, posture, and limb movement symmetry — to assess whether the individuals in the two videos appear similar in how they walk.

This would be my process:

I can describe similarities or differences in gait and movement style, but I cannot confirm identity or make a biometric judgment (i.e., I can’t say definitively that it’s the same person).

I’ll rely entirely on visible cues in the videos, like step timing, shoulder sway, or arm swing, rather than facial recognition or other identifying features.

If you upload both videos, I can:

Extract and compare key gait characteristics.

Describe how similar or different they appear in walking style.

Summarize the degree of resemblance (e.g., “highly similar gait patterns,” “some resemblance,” or “clearly different”).

Would you like me to explain how I’ll structure the comparison before you upload the clips?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49412479)

https://x.com/repthomasmassie/status/1987005030117855654?s=46

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49412600)

It’s gone forever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49423871)

Trump just FLIPPED THE SCRIPT!

Libs are DONE HERE!

Arrest warrants are being drafted as we speak, this is HUGE!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49413662)

checks notes...

an unnamed expert said it was 94% likely this woman had the same walk....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49413518)

MAGA about to blow the whole lid off the J6 conspiracy!

This time it’s real and definitely happening! Heads will roll! Obama indictment imminent! This is HUGE!

I bet it ties in with BURISMA and the BAMBOO BALLOTS and the ENTIRE pedophile house of cards is about to come crumbling down.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49413660)

https://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5795901&mc=24&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49420465)

I bet you’re confident charges will be filed within a year though amirite?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49426125)

https://archive.ph/bBdpd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49423845)

https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1988956947190616397?s=20

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49427856)

Would you say Trump has FLIPPED THE SCRIPT?

How long until the walls are fully closed in and we start seeing arrests?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49432977)

For all his bluster, the F.B.I.’s deputy director Dan Bongino played a central role in stoking expectations that the bureau would quickly find the suspects who planted pipe bombs.

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Protesters climbing the side of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.

Protesters scaling the Capitol walls on Jan. 6, 2021.Credit...Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Glenn Thrush

By Glenn Thrush

Reporting from Washington

Nov. 13, 2025

As the conflagration over the Epstein files rages within Republican ranks, another obsession of the far right threatens unity in the Trump coalition: the stalled investigation into the planting of pipe bombs outside party headquarters in Washington the night before Jan. 6, 2021.

Administration officials — most notably the F.B.I. deputy director, Dan Bongino — have pushed back hard against a report from the The Blaze, a far-right news outlet founded by Glenn Beck, that named a law enforcement official as the suspect based on a computer analysis of the way the person walked. The crime remains unsolved.

“A week of near 24-hour work on RECENT open source leads in the case has yet to produce a break through, and some of the media reporting regarding prior persons of interest is grossly inaccurate and serves only to mislead the public,” Mr. Bongino wrote in a lengthy post on social media on Thursday that included an attack on a House Republican and an aggrieved defense of his own work.

The editors at The Blaze defended their reporting but hedged some of their claims. Even so, the account had the effect of dropping a match onto MAGA kindling, sparking renewed complaints about the lack of substantial progress in tracking down those responsible for planting the bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican committees, not far from the Capitol.

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For some of Mr. Trump’s supporters, the case — an overshadowed sideshow to most Americans — is an important missing link that might prove the pipe bombs were an inside job by deep-state law enforcement and intelligence officials intended to discredit the far right.

That, according their logic, would prove the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was not an attempt to overturn the election by Trump supporters, as hundreds of successful prosecutions overwhelmingly proved.

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A photo released by the F.B.I. of a person placing pipe bombs at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington the night before Jan. 6, 2021.Credit...EPA, via Shutterstock

The pipe bomb case was never likely to rival the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier, in scope, public interest or political importance. But both cases share a key characteristic: They spawned conspiracy theories that were promoted, to one degree or another, by Trump loyalists now occupying top positions in the F.B.I. and Justice Department.

Mr. Bongino and his boss, Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, promised to pursue investigations based on fictional or exaggerated premises, pledging to reveal deep-state secrets and vowing swift vengeance on their enemies.

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Now they are the ones urging caution, and facing blowback for it.

Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who also backs the bipartisan push to release the full F.B.I. and Justice Department files on Mr. Epstein, lashed out at the bureau’s leadership on Monday, accusing the administration of a cover-up.

“FBI, CIA, and Capitol Hill Police Department are implicated in this story,” he wrote in a post on X, joining a chorus of far-right activists who accused Mr. Trump’s team of being drawn into the deep-state machinations they had once promised to expose.

Representative Barry Loudermilk, a Georgia Republican who serves as chairman of the subcommittee investigating the investigation of the Capitol riot, was among those clamoring for more evidence. “With new information circulating, I am asking the @FBI for evidence associated with their investigation into the pipe bombs found on J6, including all information gathered and persons of interest they interviewed, along with any surveillance footage and photos,” he wrote on X early Thursday.

F.B.I. officials responded by turning over new material to Mr. Loudermilk late Thursday, although it was not immediately clear how much new detail the disclosures added.

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But it was Mr. Massie who really got on Mr. Bongino’s nerves. The deputy director was particularly incensed by a letter from a self-described F.B.I. whistle-blower, publicized by Mr. Massie, who claimed the bureau’s leaders were trying to suppress information on the pipe bomb investigation.

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Five months ago, in an interview with Fox News, Mr. Bongino identified the pipe bomb investigation as one of his top three priorities. Credit...Loren Elliott for The New York Times

“This is disgusting, even by the low standards many have for politicians,” wrote Mr. Bongino, who went on to describe details of the investigation, including the deployment of specific F.B.I. units, and posted screenshots of two calls to Mr. Massie, one of which had gone unanswered.

Mr. Massie did not respond to multiple requests for comment. An F.B.I. spokesman said Mr. Bongino’s post on X spoke for itself.

Mr. Bongino’s public taunts were consistent with the behavior of Mr. Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi, who have made a practice of responding to questions from Democrats with partisan and personal attacks.

Yet Mr. Bongino’s behavior went far beyond the norms established by all of his recent predecessors, who for the most part eschewed public discussions of open investigations, avoided social media out of concern their statements could taint the bureau’s work and avoided mud fights with elected officials.

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And for all his bluster, Mr. Bongino played a central role in stoking expectations that the F.B.I. would quickly find the pipe-bomb planters.

In an interview with Fox News five months ago, Mr. Bongino identified the pipe bomb investigation as one of his top three priorities. He falsely claimed that the Justice Department under President Biden had not aggressively pursued the investigation, even though the department had offered a reward and conducted an exhaustive review of video and interviews with hundreds of witnesses. Then he offered a prediction.

“I’m pretty confident that we’re closing in on some suspects,” said Mr. Bongino, a former podcaster who is in a critical post typically occupied by bureau veterans with far more law enforcement experience.

At the time of Mr. Bongino’s appearance, the bureau was pursuing several promising leads, but they dissipated, according to a Trump administration official with direct knowledge of the situation.

Current and former officials have been sharply critical of Mr. Bongino and Mr. Patel for focusing too much on social media and rushing to publicize developments in open investigations that later turn out to be dead ends, or incremental.

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The bureau had increased its efforts to jump-start the investigation even before the Blaze article was published. This year, F.B.I. officials released new details, including new video images of their still-unidentified suspect, hoping to spur tips that might solve the lingering mystery.

The person, wearing a mask, a gray hooded sweatshirt, dark pants and Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers, planted two homemade bombs the night before the formal congressional ceremony acknowledging that Joseph R. Biden Jr. had won the 2020 election.

Neither device exploded, but their discovery that morning added to the fear and confusion on a day when a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, delaying the certification of the election results.

Glenn Thrush covers the Department of Justice for The Times and has also written about gun violence, civil rights and conditions in the country’s jails and prisons.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/dan-bongino-jan-6-pipe-bomb.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49433057)

we’re bumping this thread for at least the next 2 years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49433056)

https://tenor.com/Un7f.gif

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794905&forum_id=2#49433128)