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A suspect who allegedly planted pipe bombs blocks from the U.S. Capitol on January 5, 2021, is now in federal custody after a nearly five-year investigation.
According to the FBI, Brian Cole Jr., 30, was arrested in Virginia and is now being charged with transporting an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials.
Authorities discovered the two pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committees' headquarters around the same time that thousands of protesters a few blocks away began to descend on the Capitol over the 2020 election results.
Video footage released by the FBI showed an unidentified person placing the pipe bombs near the two headquarters more than 16 hours before law enforcement found them.
According to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, announced during a press conference that the identity of the would be bomber was discovered simply by sifting through evidence already available at the FBI, that hadn't been touched under the Biden Administration.
This is a developing story.