Overview
- Unnamed law-enforcement sources told news outlets that a male suspect was taken into custody in the nearly five-year investigation.
- Authorities have not publicly announced the arrest or released the suspect's name, charges or other details, and the case remains active.
- Two viable pipe bombs were placed the night of Jan. 5, 2021, near the DNC and RNC in Washington and were found about 15 hours later, drawing police resources from the Capitol complex.
- Investigators reviewed tens of thousands of videos, analyzed cellphone-tower data, examined sales of the suspect’s Nike Air Max sneakers, conducted roughly 1,000 interviews and offered a $500,000 reward.
- Progress was slowed by masked, hooded surveillance images and pandemic-era conditions, while the case drew intense political scrutiny and conspiracy claims, including public commentary from FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.