Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect started building devices in 2019, feds say

WOODBRIDGE, Va — The FBI swooped into this Washington, DC suburb on Thursday and arrested a Virginia man for allegedly planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committees the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots — sensationally solving a major case that had deviled the bureau and languished under the Biden admin.

Brian Cole Jr., 30, was hauled from his $700,000 suburban home following months of investigative work in which the feds reexamined long-overlooked evidence in the five-year-old case, federal officials announced.

“Today’s arrest happened because the Trump administration has made this case a priority. The total lack of movement in this case in our nation’s capital undermined the public trust of our enforcement agencies,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/