Surveillance footage released by the FBI shows the suspected DC pipe bomber walking near the DNC on Jan. 5, 2021, alongside a photo of accused suspect Brian Cole Jr., whom authorities arrested in Virginia this week. (Department of Justice)
FBI and DOJ officials have been officially mum on a motive, but indicated more information would be released soon, along with possible more criminal charges.
CNN first reported the suspect had expressed doubts about the 2020 election.
Cole Jr. is accused of planting the two pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committees' headquarters around the same time that thousands of protesters a few blocks away began to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Surveillance footage released by the FBI shows a suspect placing the two explosive devices by the buildings in Washington, D.C.
The explosives found hours later by law enforcement were determined by the FBI to be "viable devices that could have been detonated, resulting in serious injury or death."
Cole is charged with use of an explosive device, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday.
Bondi on Friday stated that she expects more charges to be filed in the case.
The FBI arrested Cole in northern Virginia. He will make his first court appearance on Friday in Washington, D.C.
Mugshot of D.C. pipe bombing suspect Brian J. Cole. (Department of Justice)
"We went back and looked at the cellphone tower data dumps. We went back and looked at the providers and what information they provided pursuant to search warrants at the time and asked questions such as why weren’t all the phone numbers scrubbed, why aren’t they connected and why wasn’t there any geolocational data done?" Patel said.
"That is either sheer incompetence or complete intentional negligence — and neither of which is acceptable for this FBI."
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Fox News’ Anders Hagstrom, David Spunt, Nora Moriarty and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
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