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D.C. pipe bomb suspect confessed to planting explosives in FBI interview

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The suspect in the 2021 D.C. pipe bomb investigation, Brian Cole, Jr., confessed to planting the explosive devices outside Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in an FBI interview, according to three sources familiar with the matter. NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell reports on what happened during Cole's first day in court and what the investigation has shown.

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