FBI makes arrest in Jan. 6 pipe bomb probe nearly 5 years after devices were discovered | 4 Dec 2025 | A suspect was arrested Thursday morning in connection with the planting of pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committees on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, The Post has confirmed. Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Va., was set to be arraigned in D.C. federal court later Thursday, according to a law enforcement source. It was not immediately clear what charges Cole would face. By midday Thursday, federal agents had swarmed the suspect’s home in a cul-de-sac in suburban Prince William County… FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino suggested last year on his popular podcast, before joining the bureau, that the act was an “inside job” and involved a “massive cover-up.”