A major new report from Blaze News claims forensic gait analysis links the long?unsolved Jan. 6 pipe?bomb placements to a former U.S. Capitol Police officer, Shauni Rae Kerkhoff, with the analysts putting the match in the 94 to 98 percent range. This is the kind of hard?nosed, shoe?leather reporting our side needs after years of half answers and buried leads, and the finding deserves real scrutiny rather than reflexive denial.

According to the reporting, the comparison looked at stride length, cadence, knee flexion and other walking parameters, and investigators also traced travel records and a SmarTrip card in ways that raise new questions about the official story. Blaze and other outlets say Kerkhoff served on the Capitol Police and later worked on a security detail tied to the intelligence community, details that, if accurate, make this development explosive.

The story grew even more jaw?dropping when investigators who reviewed the material reportedly reacted with shock, with one source saying the initial response was essentially, “She’s one of us,” an account publicized on air by Steve Baker and Glenn Beck. Conservative journalists have long suspected there were unanswered questions around Jan. 6; this new reporting suggests those questions go right to the center of our security apparatus.

Let’s be clear: the discovery of functioning pipe bombs on January 5, 2021, pulled scarce resources away from the Capitol the next day and is a documented fact that has never been fully explained to the American people. If a law?enforcement insider was involved in placing those devices—or if evidence points that way—this is not just a scandal, it is a betrayal of the public trust and must be treated as such.

So far federal agencies have been conspicuously quiet and the person named in the Blaze piece has not been charged or publicly identified by the FBI, Capitol Police, or the Department of Justice, which only amplifies the legitimate outrage and suspicion among citizens who demand equal justice under the law. Conservatives should not cheer allegations, but we also cannot pretend the silence is acceptable; transparency is the minimum the public should expect.

Credit where credit is due: independent journalists and citizen investigators have kept this story alive when many in the mainstream media moved on, and their work is forcing uncomfortable questions into the open. If the reporting is accurate, congressional oversight committees, independent prosecutors, and the Department of Justice must follow the evidence without fear or favor and lay out the facts for the nation.

Americans who love this country should demand nothing less than a full accounting—no stone unturned, no agency above inquiry, and no political cover for misconduct. We owe it to the victims, to the rule of law, and to the memory of that chaotic day to get to the bottom of this once and for all, and conservatives will be watching every move until the truth is delivered.