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HOW a suspect was arrested almost five years after 2021 D.C. pipe-bomb case

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After a suspect planted two pipe bombs outside both the DNC and RNC headquarters the night before rioters stormed the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, the FBI has made an arrest. Brian Cole Jr., 30, was charged in connection with the explosives, which didn't detonate.

MS NOW Senior Investigative Reporter Carol Leonnig breaks down what led to Cole's arrest and how it comes at what she says is a perfect time for the FBI.

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