Nearly five years after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, federal authorities have arrested a suspect believed to have left pipe bombs outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee one day before the riots, the Associated Press reported.

Details of the arrest have not been released.

Authorities said an unidentified person placed the pipe bombs outside the two parties’ headquarters between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. the night before lawmakers gathered to certify the results of the 2020 election. The device outside RNC headquarters was left in an alley, while the one outside the DNC sat near a park bench.

Components of the explosives included 1-by-8-inch threaded galvanized pipes, end caps, kitchen timers, wires, metal clips and homemade black powder, authorities

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