After nearly five years of false leads and frustrated investigation, federal agents today arrested a suspect in Virginia on charges of having planted two pipe bombs near the Capitol on the night before Jan. 6, 2021, according to people familiar with the matter.

The suspect’s identity remained unclear for the moment, but the arrest could ultimately provide an answer to one of the mysteries arising from Jan. 6.: Who planted the bombs on Capitol Hill outside the national headquarters of both the Republican and Democratic parties on the night before a congressional ceremony certifying that Joe Biden had won the 2020 election?

While neither device exploded, their discovery on Jan. 6 added to the fear and confusion on a day when a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, delaying the certification o

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