That witness raised the possibility that at least the RNC pipe bomb was planted just before it was discovered and not the night before as the FBI claimed. "After that day, the FBI was zealous in pursuing those trespassing at the Capitol, but quite lacking in their pursuit of whomever placed the pipe bombs," he added. Patel hampered by previous admin's shoddy detective work four years agoThe newly released internal memos are the most comprehensive insight to date into the bureau’s investigation of the pipe bombs. But Patel inherited the J6 pipe bomb case four years after the incident and was left with files that lay bare a shoddy initial investigation. For instance, federal law enforcement only interviewed the witness who discovered the RNC pipe bomb five days after the incident, and only after she submitted a tip to the FBI.