Loudermilk asks for interview with key pipe bomb witness whose timeline diverges with FBI

The witness, who later publicly identified herself as Karlin Younger, said she found the pipe bomb in an alleyway while doing laundry on the day of the Capitol riot.

By Steven Richards

Published: December 8, 2025 4:14pm

Chairman Barry Loudermilk has asked the witness who first discovered the pipe bomb outside the Republican National Committee to appear for a transcribed interview with his subcommittee investigating Jan. 6.

The witness, who later publicly identified herself as Karlin Younger, said she found the pipe bomb in an alleyway while doing laundry on the day of the Capitol riot, Just the News previously reported.

Her tip and interview with the FBI were turned over to Congress earlier this year by FBI Director Kash Patel. Those documents show she told the FBI she was certain the bomb appeared in the alleyway near her apartment during a 40-minute period just after noon on Jan. 6.

Her account conflicts with the FBI’s timeline, which shows the bomb was planted the night before. Despite alerting law enforcement to the bomb, the FBI also did not interview Younger until five days after the incident.

“In the days following your discovery and, presumably, in the absence of any inquiry on this matter by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), then led by Director Christopher Wray, you proactively submitted an online tip identifying yourself as the person that discovered the RNC pipe bomb and offered information relating to the incident,” Loudermilk wrote, according to a copy of the letter posted to X.

“Given your discovery and subsequent interactions with the FBI, you are uniquely situated to provide information regarding the circumstances surrounding the FBI's response to, and investigation of, the RNC pipe bomb,” he continued.

The chairman asked Younger to schedule her interview with the committee before Dec. 22.

After five years, the FBI arrested Brian Cole Jr. of Virginia last week in connection with the placement of two pipe bombs at the Republican and Democratic National Committee buildings in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6. He was charged in court with placing the explosive devices after the FBI tracked his credit card purchase history. The FBI alleges Cole acquired bomb-making materials over the course of an extended period between 2019 and 2020.