From USA TODAY.

Federal authorities from the FBI and Department of Justice held a press conference on Dec. 4, 2025, to announce the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., of Woodbridge, Virginia, for allegedly placing pipe bombs in Washington, DC, the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots.

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