Kamala Harris evacuated on 6 January when pipe bomb discovered, report says

Politico reports then vice-president elect was taken out of DNC headquarters minutes after Capitol police arrived to investigate

Kamala Harris was inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters when a pipe bomb was discovered outside the building on 6 January last year, according to a report.

The then vice-president elect, who was sworn into office two weeks later, was evacuated minutes after Capitol police began investigating the bomb, Politico reported. The FBI described the bomb as a viable" device which could have been detonated, resulting in serious injury or death".