From the Daily Caller: Federal prosecutors told a judge that the man suspected of planting pipe bombs near the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters in January 2021 confessed to the crime in an affidavit filed Sunday.
The Department of Justice announced Dec. 4 the arrest of Brian Cole Jr. on charges of transporting an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials. In the filing, prosecutors note Cole said he “just snapped” and wanted to punish both political parties, adding he was inspired by The Troubles, a roughly 30-year ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland.
“The defendant explained that after the 2020 election, ‘when it first seemed like something was wrong’ and ‘stuff started happening,’ he began following the issue closely on YouTube and Reddit and felt ‘bewildered,’” the filing said. “In the defendant’s view, if people ‘feel that, you know, something as important as voting in the federal election is being tampered with, is being, you know, being – you know, relegated null and void, then, like, someone needs to speak up, right? Someone up top. You know, just to, just to at the very least calm things down.’”
“The defendant felt that ‘the people up top,’ including ‘people on both sides, public figures,’ should not ‘ignore people’s grievances’ or call them ‘conspiracy theorists,’ ‘bad people,’ ‘Nazis’ or ‘fascists,’” the filing continued. “Instead, ‘if people feel that their votes are like just being thrown away, then . . . at the very least someone should address it.’”
Accused January 5 pipe bomber Brian Cole told investigators that: he went to a Jan. 5, 2021 protest in favor of Trump in DC (but later admitted he went there to plant the bombs), he didn’t like either party, idea came from The Troubles in Ireland, & it wasn’t linked to January 6. pic.twitter.com/Og8eqieFmS
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) December 28, 2025
X user Matthew Newgarden commented, “The DOJ memo lays out the suspect’s own admissions: he built the devices, planted them on Jan. 5, acted alone, and targeted both parties out of frustration — not Jan. 6. The case is being built on his statements, evidence, and surveillance.”
The DOJ memo lays out the suspect’s own admissions: he built the devices, planted them on Jan. 5, acted alone, and targeted both parties out of frustration — not Jan. 6. The case is being built on his statements, evidence, and surveillance.
— Matthew Newgarden (@a_newgarden) December 29, 2025
Brian Cole Jr “reset” or “wiped” his Samsung smartphone 943 times between December 2020 and December 2025.
Including just three hours before his arrest. pic.twitter.com/V2Z2cvtNzM
— Just Human (@realjusthuman) December 29, 2025
Prosecutors are detailing the confession they say Brian Cole Jr. gave after his arrest in connection with pipe bombs planted outside Republican and Democratic offices in Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. @OliviaRubinABC reports. pic.twitter.com/N5STcbBuvX
— Good Morning America (@GMA) December 29, 2025
READ MORE from the Daily Caller.
“In the filing, prosecutors note Cole said he ‘just snapped’ and wanted to punish both political parties, adding he was inspired by The Troubles, a roughly 30-year ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland.”@HaroldHutchison reports:https://t.co/8TFhroiVld
— Hudson Crozier 🇺🇸 (@Hudson_Crozier) December 29, 2025
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