Posted on 09/18/2026 1:45:28 PM PDT by Jayster
Tucker Carlson interviews the parents of Brian Cole Jr., the man arrested in December 2025 and charged with planting the inoperable pipe bombs found near the RNC and DNC headquarters on January 5, 2021. The episode is about an hour long. Carlson opens by saying people inside the U.S. government told him this is a case of the government arresting someone they know did not commit the crime. He states he believes the parents.
What the parents describe
• Brian Cole Jr. has autism, no criminal record, and no interest in politics or January 6. He worked at the family’s multi-generational bail-bonds business, followed a rigid daily routine, and lived a quiet life centered on family, his dog, YouTube, and neighborhood walks.
• Father Brian Cole Sr. learned of the arrest while traveling in Alabama: he saw news that an arrest in the pipe-bomb case was underway, then got an FBI call minutes later identifying his son.
• Mother Delicia Cole and a 16-year-old grandson were still in the house. FBI teams surrounded the suburban cul-de-sac with rifles aimed at the home, ordered them out, confiscated phones, and handcuffed both of them even though Brian had already been taken into custody earlier that morning. Neither was charged.
• The parents say the gait and appearance of the hooded figure in the surveillance video do not match their son. They insist investigators have the wrong person.
Other points covered:
The interview walks through the raid, when the family first learned the specific charges, Brian’s personality and lack of political involvement, why he is being held without bond, odd details in the investigation (including a strange phone number), why Trump’s January 6-related pardon does not apply to this separate bombing case, and the “weapons of mass destruction” charge that Carlson calls overblown. The parents describe the personal and financial damage to the family.
The video presents the family’s account and Carlson’s view that the case does not add up. Official filings and prosecutors have separately described a confession and other evidence; those claims are not the focus of this interview.
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My recollection is that they found bomb making equipment at The Coles Virginia residence which matched the J6 bombs.
I don’t believe Cole planted the bombs, but I think he was instructed to make them and then dropped them off to the person(s) who planted them.
I’ll also wager there’s a Discord group involved.
The Clint Eastwood Jewel movie was excellent.
Didn’t he confess? Did he take his confession back?
FReegards
J6 set a new precedence similar to old anti-black “justice”...evidence not necessary. Tucker follows the same path....just interview the parents.
So we only know....ignore everything.
“Official filings and prosecutors have separately described a confession and other evidence; those claims are not the focus of this interview.”
I think its highly focusable, or am i missing something?
Freegards
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