Trump administration investigators nabbed DC pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole based on no public tips — just old-fashioned police work, FBI Director Kash Patel exclusively told The Post on Thursday.

Despite offering a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who laid pipe bombs at political offices in Washington, DC, the Biden administration was unable to catch a suspect during the former president’s only term in office.

But Trump’s FBI was able to crack the nearly five-year-old case without new tips.

“The FBI examined every piece of information available, leveraged new technology, brought in experts from around the country, and methodically developed the evidence needed to nail this suspect,” Patel told The Post. “This breakthrough didn’t come from new tips, it c

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