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FBI arrests man suspected of planting bombs on eve of Jan 6, 2021 Capitol riot
The authorities released surveillance video, offered a $500,000 reward and received hundreds of tips in a years-long search for the suspect they believe was involved in the incident that took place nearly five years ago.
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Reuters - Thu, 04, Dec 2025
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Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. / REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
The FBI arrested a man suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Dec. 4.
The authorities released surveillance video, offered a $500,000 reward and received hundreds of tips in a years-long search for the suspect they believe was involved in the incident that took place nearly five years ago.
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The footage, from Jan. 5, 2021, showed a person putting a bomb near a bench outside the Democratic National Committee building. The suspect placed another bomb at the Republican headquarters. Both sites are near the Capitol.
The suspect is Brian Cole, Jr., Bondi said.
Cole, 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, lives with his parents and works for a bail bond company, one of them said, according to a source briefed on the matter.
BOMBS WERE DEACTIVATED
The bombs were discovered on the same day supporters of Trump stormed Congress in an attempt to stop lawmakers from certifying Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election victory.
Police deactivated the bombs and neither exploded.
In the Jan. 6, 2021, melee at the Capitol, rioters surged past police barricades, assaulting about 140 officers and causing more than $2.8 million in damage.
Trump pardoned nearly everyone criminally charged for participating in the riot, some 1,500 people, when he returned to office in January.
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