WASHINGTON — The FBI made an arrest on Thursday in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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The FBI has made an arrest in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol

That's according to a law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday

The man's arrest in Virginia marks the first time investigators have settled on a suspect in an act that had long vexed law enforcement and spawned conspiracy theories

The pipe bombs were placed on Jan. 5, 2021, near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees

Nobody was hurt before the bombs were rendered safe, b

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