CNN anchor Jake Tapper sparked immediate backlash Thursday after incorrectly identifying the suspect in the January 6 pipe bomb investigation as a "white man" during a live broadcast. The gaffe occurred during the opening segment of "The Lead" just after 5:00 p.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Thursday misstated the race of the Jan. 6 pipe-bomb suspect, inaccurately describing the newly charged man as white.