Authorities in the United States have arrested a suspect they say was involved in leaving pipe bombs near the headquarters of the country’s two major political parties in Washington, DC, during the night before the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.

On Thursday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice identified the suspect as Brian Cole Jr in a joint news conference.

“ I know some people have given up on finding the perpetrator. But not the FBI and not our partners,” said Darren Cox, a deputy assistant director in the FBI.

He explained that the investigation involved sorting through “3 million lines of data”.

“We do not forget, we do not give up, and we do not relent. Though it had been nearly five years, our team continued to churn through massive amou

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