FBI arrests suspect in 2021 D.C. pipe bomb case, sources say

[spanone]

Federal authorities made their first arrest Thursday in connection with two pipe bombs that were planted outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The arrest marks a major step forward in a case that has vexed the FBI for nearly five years.

Both pipe bombs were placed outside DNC and RNC headquarters on the evening of Jan. 5, 2021, federal investigators have said. The devices — made out of 1x8-inch pipes, kitchen timers and homemade black powder — did not detonate, but the FBI has called them viable and warned they could have killed or injured people.

The bombs were not discovered until the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, as police in the area were overwhelmed by rioting at the Capitol building nearby. Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who was the vice president-elect at the time, was evacuated from the DNC headquarters shortly after the devices were found.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pipe-bomb-suspect-arrest/

[yardwork]

1. Unfortunately I don't believe anything the FBI says now.

[Captain Zero]

9. and, It's not like they have a legal prosecutor in DC anyway, huh?

They will say that is why they can't go forward....

[onenote]

25. Who isn't a legal prosecutor in DC?

Pirro is incompetent, but she was confirmed by the Senate and there is no issue about her being a lawfully appointed US Attorney.

[Scrivener7]

17. Oh, c'mon. Garland's got this.

[displacedvermoter]

2. Do not believe it

[Lovie777]

3. Anything this present republican administration says, reports...................

is subject.

[tanyev]

7. Yep. The person who did it would have to have connections to GOP MAGA who planned 1/6.

We shall see.

[underpants]

4. It's a Soros paid AntiFa trans Somali drug runner named Guy Mann

[spanone]

5. Why are they investigating a HOAX?

[Botany]

10. Wrong he is part of the A.O.C. gang.

Who would believe a word out of the FBI now? And might this be a planned distraction from
Epstein and the Venezuelan boat murders?

[Lovie777]

14. That lives in Venezuela.....................

[underpants]

15. Right. Dual citizenship

[Hugin]

30. Maybe it was some new evidence like arabic numerals scratched into bullet casings found near something something. n/t

[The Madcap]

22. Don't you mean "Gay Mann?"

[yaesu]

6. The fascist putin puppet dictator will probably pardon and award them the medal of freedumb. Nr

[Hugin]

8. Wait! I thought there was no January 6th in 2021!

A calendarendic abnormality!

Is this an admission that the rumors of highly spirited tourists in the larger Washington DC area was indeed true?

[montanacowboy]

11. WAG THE DOG

GEE how timely — bullshit

[AZSkiffyGeek]

12. What would be even wilder would be if it was MTG NT

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Who else is worried that trump will pardon this person

First thought: This is an extraordinary breakthrough for federal law enforcement in one of nation’s most important unsolved cases.

Second thought: I really hope Trump doesn’t pardon the suspect. www.ms.now/news/fbi-arr...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-12-04T13:34:36.775Z

[murielm99]

16. I still think it looks like a woman.

[617Blue]

19. 3rd thought - this is some gaslighting bullshit.

[617Blue]

18. OMG it was Hillary!!!!

[malaise]

21. A little birdie just told me tgat this is to clear

MAGAts😀. No more no less.

[spanone]

24. Would not surprise me at all. The most lawless administration ever.

[MustLoveBeagles]

32. Yes

Nothing for years and now they get a big break? Something smells and it's not dumps diaper.

[Give Peace A Chance]

23. So, they arrested someone,

but they are not naming him / her?
That is one hell of a distraction.
The Epstein problem is getting closer to Trump.

[John1956PA]

27. The delay is because Patel has not yet scrounged up a cosplay jacket.

[MustLoveBeagles]

33. 😂

This

[RockRaven]

26. The FBI and DOJ have zero credibility today.

So maybe this person is a criminal, but I certainly do not know that just because Bondi and Patel's minions say so.

[aggiesal]

28. I'm wondering if MTG quit, when she saw this coming 🤔🧐 ...

Hoping it wouldn't happen until after 1/5/26, when her pension vests.

[johnnyfins]

29. Right on time to steal news cycles from

War crimes. What a joke.

[uponit7771]

31. They'll be a Venuzualn antifa socialist so Pedokkkon can start his war

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. MaddowBlog-Following arrest in pipe-bombs case, White House rejects questions about Jan. 6 pardons

With a suspect in custody, Team Trump was reluctant to talk about the president’s pardons for others convicted for violent Jan. 6 crimes.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/following-arrest-in-pipe-bombs-case-white-house-rejects-questions-about-jan-6-pardons

Hours before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, someone placed pipe bombs outside Republican and Democratic headquarters in Washington, D.C. In the nearly five years that followed, an investigation failed to identify a suspect.....

What about Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons?

At a press conference at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi was asked about the obvious tension between Cole’s arrest and the president’s decision to pardon every other person convicted for crimes on Jan. 6, including felons, many of whom violently clashed with police officers.

Bondi dodged the question.

The line of inquiry, however, is entirely legitimate. Trump, just hours into his second term, came to the assistance of Jan. 6 criminals, insisting at the time that it would be a “grave national injustice” to hold them accountable.

When NBC News posed the question to the White House, spokesperson Abigail Jackson responded with this statement:

It’s alarming and insulting that Fake News NBC would compare an individual who placed live bombs throughout DC to the countless individuals who were over-prosecuted and targeted by a weaponized Biden DOJ. This false equivalence is one of the many reasons why trust in the media is at an all-time low.

Let’s unpack this a bit.

First, NBC News isn’t “fake.” Second, Jan. 6 felons were, if anything, under-prosecuted. Third, if Republicans have any evidence of the Biden-era Justice Department having been “weaponized,” the party has kept its proof well hidden.

Fourth, if placing “live bombs” is qualitatively different from other Jan. 6 crimes, why did the Trump administration dismiss charges against Daniel Ball — who set off an explosive device in a Capitol tunnel during a fierce battle between pro-Trump rioters and law enforcement officers?

This whole disingenuous mess is among the many reasons why trust in Trump and his team is at an all-time low.....

Fourth, if placing “live bombs” is qualitatively different from other Jan. 6 crimes, why did the Trump administration dismiss charges against Daniel Ball — who set off an explosive device in a Capitol tunnel during a fierce battle between pro-Trump rioters and law enforcement officers?

This whole disingenuous mess is among the many reasons why trust in Trump and his team is at an all-time low.