US EditionAccused DC pipe bomber told FBI he believed the 2020 election was stolen: Report
Brian Cole Jr., 30, confessed to FBI that he believed 2020 election was stolen; pipe bombs could have been lethal, FBI said.
- On Thursday, December 4, 2025, DOJ officials announced the arrest of 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. at his family's home in Woodbridge, Virginia, nearly five years after devices were placed near party headquarters on January 6, 2021.
- Federal prosecutors charged Brian Cole Jr. with two charges related to the Jan. 5, 2021, placement of pipe bombs near Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
- While in custody, sources say Brian Cole Jr. confessed to planting pipe bombs and FBI traced credit-card purchases, cellphone location data, and a license-plate reader to him.
- At a Friday hearing Cole was ordered detained and his next court date is scheduled for Dec. 15, with private attorney John Shoreman present and six family members in court.
- Despite non-detonation, the FBI says the devices were viable and could have seriously injured innocent bystanders; the bureau offered a $500,000 reward last year after years of investigation.
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