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- 4, 2025, 10:08 AM ESTBy Ryan J.
- Reilly, Michael Kosnar, Tom Winter and Jonathan DienstThe FBI has arrested a suspect in its investigation into pipe bombs planted near the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D. C., on Jan.
- 5, 2021, according to a federal law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. Brian Cole was identified as the suspect in custody, according to two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter.
- The arrest marks a breakthrough in a case that has stymied investigators for nearly five years. An FBI official says the arrest happened Thursday morning.
- A news conference will take place at the Justice Department on Thursday to officially announce the arrest. A still from FBI video footage shows the individual who placed two live pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington on Jan.
