Kamala Harris' Still Unexplained Presence at the DNC on January 6

Video shows law enforcement's unfazed response to the discovery of a deadly pipe bomb within the vicinity of incoming VP Kamala Harris on Jan 6. But a bigger question remains: why was she there?

Kamala Harris once again was on the verge of making political history.

Already a trailblazer—the first woman of color in California elected both state attorney general and U.S. Senator—Harris’ colleagues on the afternoon of January 6 were poised to begin the process of certifying her election as the first female vice president.

Harris, a shameless attention hog, presumably would’ve spent the hours leading up to the historic moment walking the halls of Congress to relish the sucking-up of friends and enemies alike. Reporters presumably would have tracked Harris’ movements to document for the history books a full accounting of how the first incoming “Madame Vice President” prepared for the ceremonial event. Perhaps she would have posed for a few endearing photos with the incoming Second Gentleman.

But oddly, that was not the case. Rather than bask in the limelight of her pending coronation, Harris, for reasons still unknown, left the Capitol around 11:25 a.m. on January 6. She had attended a closed door briefing of the Senate Intelligence committee—the only other official business on the Congressional calendar that day—and headed off campus.

Her destination? The headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, just a few blocks away.

And it wasn’t just a quick stop to make a few fundraising calls: Harris remained in the building until 1:15 p.m.—which was after the joint session of Congress convened to debate the Electoral College results—leaving only when evacuated following the discovery of an explosive device outside.

Harris has never explained why she went to the DNC that morning. In fact, she has gone out of her way to avoid the question entirely. 

But recent reporting by Darren Beattie at Revolver News that shows law enforcement’s nonchalant response to the discovery of the “pipe bomb” located within striking distance of a sitting U.S. senator and incoming vice president raises new questions about Harris’ decision to go to the DNC rather than stay behind to participate, or at least observe, the historical proceedings.

Not only did Metropolitan Police and Secret Service agents appear unconcerned by the presence of the pipe bomb at the time, but Harris’ behavior ever since belies the seriousness of the situation, one the FBI insisted could have caused death and destruction.

A Nonstop Talker Stops Talking

While the interminably bombastic Harris continues to act as one of the biggest promoters of J6 fiction, comparing the brief disturbance to Pearl Harbor and 9/11, she is inexplicably quiet about one of the most consequential aspects of January 6.

After all, the pipe bomb threat prompted the first wave of panic in the city, forced the reallocation of law enforcement resources, and initiated the lockdown of nearby offices. (A separate device allegedly was found about a half hour earlier near the headquarters of the Republican National Committee.)

News reports circulated immediately thereafter. Rep. Elaine Luria announced on Twitter at 1:46 p.m. that she “just had to evacuate my office because of a pipe bomb reported outside.”

But strangely, Harris omitted her near-death experience at the hands of a MAGA bomber in a tweet posted a few hours later:

Perhaps too traumatized to relive the experience, Harris also didn’t speak of the incident the next day during a six-minute speech condemning the January 6 “attack” and promising that the “rule of law” would prevail. 

The very public supporter of BLM rioters in 2020 wasted no time playing the race card; Harris suggested J6ers were being treated more favorably than those who tried to burn down the nation’s capital and the Trump White House in honor of George Floyd just seven months earlier. “We witnessed two systems of justice when we saw one that let extremists storm the United States Capitol and another that released tear gas on peaceful protesters last summer,” Harris, showing no sign of emotional strain at being nearly blown apart the previous day, said during an event with Joe Biden on January 7, 2021.

But no warning about the white supremacist bomber still on the loose.

In the three years since, Harris has maintained her silence with the help of the national news media. Not a single reporter is on record asking Harris or her office about the incident despite dozens of interviews and public appearances since January 6.

A Collective Coverup

The Department of Justice has helped keep the incident under wraps, too. For nearly a year, prosecutors lied in hundreds of charging documents by claiming Harris was inside the Capitol that day, which rendered the building and grounds a “restricted” area. (The alleged presence of Harris and former Vice President Mike Pence, both protectees of the U.S. Secret Service on January 6, has been used as the basis for thousands of trespassing charges. I explain here.)

Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray also never mention the fact that Harris almost lost life and limb on January 6. In an announcement earlier this month reminding the public of a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the pipe bomber, FBI officials again omitted Harris’ name. “Although these bombs did not detonate, it is important to remember the suspect walked along residential and commercial areas in Capitol Hill just blocks from the U.S. Capitol with viable pipe bombs that could have seriously injured or killed innocent bystanders,” the Washington FBI field office said in a January 4, 2024 statement.

Apparently possibly “injuring” or “killing” the soon-to-be vice president isn’t a big deal to the FBI.

That same day, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves gave an hour-long presentation to rehash his criminal investigation into the events of January 6. Graves made only a passing reference to the pipe bombs and, like his DOJ colleagues, did not mention the lethal threat to Harris. This is unusually odd since Graves’ wife, Fatima Goss Graves, is good friends with the vice president; Harris’ niece, Meena, is on the board of directors of Goss Graves’ nonprofit.

So, the identity of the pipe bomber isn’t the only mystery surrounding what was the earliest animating event of January 6. As Beattie asked in his piece:

Why on earth would Kamala Harris keep her presence in the DNC building a secret? It would seem like the story of the first woman of color Vice President elect in history coming within feet of the deadly pipe bombs of the January 6 insurrection would be a headline that both Kamala and the regime media would be interested in milking for all it is worth. Could Kamala have covered up her presence at the DNC in order to keep attention away from the fact that the Secret Service was at the DNC building and thus keep the public in the dark about the fact that the Secret Service missed the pipe bombs in their sweep and reacted with suspicious nonchalance when ultimately informed of the bomb? Or is there a still more sinister explanation for this otherwise inexplicable cover-up?

Since this scandal deals with January 6, it is safe to assume a much more “sinister” explanation at play. Beattie hinted that the Secret Service may have had “foreknowledge” about the DNC device.

Did Kamala Harris know ahead of time, too?