A suspect has been arrested in connection with the planting of pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committees on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, The Post has confirmed.

The arrest, first reported by CNN and the Associated Press, comes one month before the fifth anniversary of the melee that briefly delayed congressional confirmation of former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory — and closes an embarrassing chapter for the FBI , which had been castigated by lawmakers for the lack of progress in identifying a perpetrator.

The male suspect was arrested Thursday morning, a law enforcement official told the AP. Charges in the case have yet to be made public.

Surveillance footage showed a person carrying a backpack and wearing a gray hooded s

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