CNN’s Perez: Alleged Jan. 6 Pipe Bomber Believed the 2020 Election Was Stolen, ‘That Might Give an Indication of a Motive’

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PEREZ: “And what we‘ve learned is that among the statements that he has made is that he believed the 2020 election was stolen, and so that appears to be the first statement that has been made in this case that might give an indication of a of a motive of why he may have placed these bombs in those locations. You remember, the two bombs were found at the RNC building, in an alley behind the RNC building, and at the DNC building, both of those just a couple blocks away from the Capitol. And for the last five years, Sara, you know that this has been certainly a fixation of a lot of conspiracies as to whether this was something connected to the riot, because you remember when they found these bombs, the crowd had just begun surging and breaking through some of the cordons at the U.S. Capitol just a few blocks away. So the question was, was it connected to the riot and to the conspiracy theories that the president had been pushing forward to overturn the election? Well, now we know that the suspect has at least told the investigators in this case that part of what was going on at the time in 2020 was that he believed that the 2020 election was stolen, which is something that President Donald Trump was pushing at that time. Now, we don‘t know what else he has said as part of those interviews. Certainly, we‘re going to learn a lot more, perhaps today when he appears in court, and perhaps we‘ll see additional charges that will come forward from the Justice Department, from prosecutors, but certainly more to come on this."