Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Shauni Kerkhoff filed a lawsuit against Blaze Media for a report it ran suggesting she planted the pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

The outlet ran a story titled “Former Capitol Police officer a forensic match for Jan. 6 pipe bomber, sources say,” falsely claiming that Kerkhoff’s gait closely matched surveillance video of the pipe bombing suspect. The story, now retracted, led to an FBI investigation of the former officer, who defended the grounds on Jan. 6, and prompted her current employer, the CIA, to place her on administrative leave, Kerkhoff said.

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