The FBI has taken into custody a person suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, a Justice Department official and another source briefed on the matter said on Thursday.

The FBI released surveillance video, offered a $500,000 US reward and received hundreds of tips in a years-long search for the suspect.

The footage, from Jan. 5, 2021, showed an individual putting a bomb near a bench outside the Democratic National Committee building. The suspect placed another bomb at the Republican headquarters. Both sites are near the Capitol.

Police deactivated the bombs and neither exploded.

Right-wing website named a suspect

Dan Bongino, the current FBI deputy director, floated the possibility last year before being tapped for his

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