The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking for the public's help in identifying several suspects wanted in connection with the violent chaos that took place at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC on Wednesday.
The FBI has offered a reward up to $50,000 for information that leads to the locations, arrest and conviction of the person believed to have placed suspected pipe bombs at the Republican National Committee headquarters and at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. The devices were first reported to officials around 1pm on Wednesday.
In addition, the FBI is trying to identify 10 individuals who unlawfully entered the Capitol Building on the same day.
Anyone with information about any of the events that took place on Wednesday is asked to call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324). They've also set up a web page where photos, videos or information can be submitted as well: fbi.gov/USCapitol
Mobs of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Wednesday afternoon following the encouragement of the president as Congress began the process of counting the Electoral College votes from the 2020 Presidential Election to confirm the victory of President-elect Joe Biden over Trump.
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Many of the protesters pushed their way into the Capitol building past law enforcement causing panic and chaos as lawmakers were rushed to secure locations.
By late Wednesday evening the Capitol had been secured and congress was able to resume their count, finishing in the early hours of Thursday.
As of Friday, the death toll as a result of the riot at the Capitol stands at five, which includes a woman shot by police on Wednesday and a Capitol Police officer who died Thursday after sustaining injuries in the attack.
Since then, a number of members of the Trump administration have resigned over the violence that took place and many people have joined calls to remove Trump from office either by the 25th Amendment or through impeachment.
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On Thursday, Representative Ilhan Omar introduced a resolution to impeach Trump to which several others signed on as co-leads.
Political and religious leaders throughout the country spoke out against the president and the actions of the protesters, placing blame on Trump for inciting the violence.
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Both Facebook and Twitter locked Trump's accounts so he couldn't continue to publish on the platforms Wednesday during the riots. Facebook went a step further and banned him from posting on both the Facebook and Instagram platforms at least until the inauguration of Biden.