Suspect in D.C. pipe bomb case said to have confessed in interviews with investigators, AP sources say

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Nearly five years after pipe bombs targeted Democratic and Republican party headquarters, federal authorities arrested Virginia resident Brian Cole Jr., the first identified suspect.

Cole confessed to investigators, saying he believed the 2020 election was stolen and expressed support for President Trump.

FBI tracked Cole through credit card purchases of bomb components, cellphone location data and license plate readers.

WASHINGTON — The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the act in interviews with investigators, two people familia