Federal authorities on Thursday named the Virginia man arrested on allegations of planting pipe bombs outside Republican and Democratic party headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2021.
Brian Cole Jr., of Woodbridge, was identified as the suspect, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi. He was taken into custody in Woodbridge early Thursday.
The bombs were placed outside the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021, just hours before the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
"America should feel safer today," Bondi said, describing how authorities have reexamined the evidence in the five years since the attack.
"This investigation is ongoing," Bondi said. "As we speak, search warrants are being executed, and there could be more charges to come."
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino criticized the Biden administration and said that the FBI had focused on it.
"You're not going to walk into our capital city down to explosive devices and walk off in the sunset," Bongino said. "Not going to happen — we were going to track this person to the end of the earth. There was no way he was getting away."