Ex-Cop Who Invaded U.S. Capitol Had a 'Partially Assembled Pipe Bomb,' Flouted Court Order by...

A former police officer facing charges connected to the U.S. Capitol siege violated the terms of an order for his release by possessing a “loaded M4 rifle and a partially-assembled pipe bomb at his home” and buying an “arsenal of 34 firearms online,” federal prosecutors alleged in a motion to keep the man in jail pending trial.

Filed on Thursday, the motion contains photographs of the what FBI agents allegedly found when searching the home of Thomas Robertson, a 47-year-old former Rocky Mount, Va. police officer.

“When the agents searched Robertson’s house, the FBI found an M4 rifle on the bed in Robertson’s bedroom, with a magazine and round inside the firearm. It is a Model ST-15, with the serial number XTP-00680. Agents also seized several span cans of ammunition and two boxes of 7.62 ammunition at the home; FBI is still assessing whether this is the same ammunition purchased by Robertson since the time of his indictment,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Aloi wrote in a 15-page motion to revoke his release order.

“The agents also found what appears to be a partially assembled pipe bomb in an out-building on Robertson’s property,” the motion continues.

The FBI also found a box with the label “Booby Trap,” prosecutors say.