Updated December 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM PST

The FBI on Thursday said it arrested a man who the agency believes to be responsible for placing pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol complex nearly five years ago.

Brian J. Cole Jr., is being charged with transportation an explosive device via interstate commerce, and attempted malicious destruction by means of an explosive device, according to an arrest warrant filed in his case.

He was arrested in the Woodbridge, Va., area, about 35 miles from Washington.

The FBI has spent years searching for the person who put bombs near the Democratic and Republican committee headquarters, hours before the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

New leaders at the FBI and the Justice Department intensified their focus on the case this year.

"Today's arrest ha

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