Ryan Lucas

Cole is expected to appear in federal court in D.C., just down the street from the U.S.

Capitol building.

Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.

Well, his name is Brian Cole Jr.

He is, as you guys mentioned, 30 years old.

He was arrested in Woodbridge, Virginia, which is about 20 or so miles south of D.C.

Court papers say that he lives there with his mom and that he works in the office of a bail bondsman in Northern Virginia.

Now, as for the charges, he's charged with transporting an explosive device with intent to kill

as well as attempted malicious destruction with explosive materials.

Those are the charges as of this morning.

But officials said yesterday that this is still very much an active investigation and prosecutors could bring more charges down the road.

Right.

This has been a massive investigation to try to solve this mystery over the years.

And remember, these pipe bombs didn't go off on January 6th, but they did draw police away from the Capitol that day, the day that rioters stormed the building.

Now, officials said yesterday it wasn't a new tip that broke this case open.

Here's Attorney General Pam Bondi speaking to reporters yesterday.

Now, FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau brought in a new team of investigators and experts to reexamine all of the evidence that the FBI had collected over the past four plus years.

And that new team sifted through all of the data.

And Patel said that's what led to new investigative leads, including a critical forensic lead, he said.

And ultimately, the road led to coal.