Federal authorities have reportedly arrested a suspect in connection with the placement of pipe bombs at Democratic and Republican Party headquarters in Washington, D.C., the night before the riot in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, a long-awaited sign of progress in solving a mystery that for five years had baffled law enforcement. Here’s what we know so far.

. What happened on January 5, 2021?

Surveillance footage showed an unidentified suspect appearing to place pipe bombs near the headquarters of both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on the evening of January 5, 2021, just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol. Authorities described the suspect as being approximately five feet seven inches tall, wearing a face m

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