Agents of the FBI They arrested a man suspected of placing homemade bombs in Washington the night before assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 by supporters of President Donald Trump, two police sources reported this Thursday.
This arrest is the result of an almost five-year investigation to discover the identity of the attackerof which there was only one image captured by a surveillance camera, in which he appears covered in a hooded sweatshirt, gloves and a mask.
In the recording, the suspect is seen placing a homemade bomb near a bench in front of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) building. The individual placed another bomb at the republican headquarters. Both locations are near the Capitol.
The then Democratic vice president-elect, Kamala Harris, He came within six meters of the bomb at the DNC the next morning, and his discovery distracted police from the violence unfolding during the assault on the Capitol.
Both bombs were discovered 15 hours after they were planted, giving the suspect plenty of time to leave the area undetected, investigators said.
The authorities stated at the time that These explosives were viable and capable of harming anyone nearby. if they had detonated.
The FBI released that video and offered a $500,000 reward to anyone who offered any clue that would lead to his identification and arrest. After thousands of calls and hundreds of interviews, the individual has been arrested not Virginia this Thursday.
He is expected to appear initially in court in Washington, according to a source briefed on the matter.
In the assault on the Capitol, thousands of protesters broke through the police barricades, They attacked about 140 agents and caused damage of more than 2.8 million of dollars.
Trump pardoned nearly all of the people criminally charged with participating in the riot, some 1,500, upon returning to office last January.