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DC pipe bomb suspect gave ‘detailed confession’: DOJ
https://thehill.com ^ | - 12/29/25 | Ella Lee

Posted on 12/29/2025 10:21:19 AM PST by bitt

The man accused of planting two pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national committee offices on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot gave a “detailed confession” after he was arrested, prosecutors said Sunday.

After initially denying involvement, Brian Cole Jr. told investigators after his arrest that he became “bewildered” by claims the 2020 election had been stolen from President Trump and believed someone needed to “speak up” on behalf of people who thought the allegations of election fraud were true, according to a Justice Department memo.

Cole explained that “something just snapped” after “watching everything, just everything getting worse,” prosecutors said, and he targeted the political parties because they were “in charge.” He denied targeting Congress or the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session where the electoral votes of the 2020 presidential election were set to be certified.

“I really don’t like either party at this point,” Cole said, according to the memo.

The memo, which argues in favor of Cole’s continued detention as the case proceeds, is the government’s most detailed account of statements allegedly made by the suspect so far — including what he said was his process for building the two pipe bombs.

At first, Cole denied building or planting the pipe bombs and said he had driven himself to attend a 2020 election protest on the evening of Jan. 5, 2021, prosecutors said. However, he later changed his tune.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: briancole; briancolejr; carefullyrehearsed; confession; dc; pipebombsuspect; shaunikerkhoff

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1 posted on 12/29/2025 10:21:19 AM PST by bitt
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2 posted on 12/29/2025 10:21:49 AM PST by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'WIDTH=500>)
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To: bitt

“We have typed up your confession. You may read it before you sign it, if you wish, but this is not necessary.”


3 posted on 12/29/2025 10:23:56 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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To: bitt

ALSO

https://nypost.com/2025/12/28/us-news/dc-pipe-bomb-suspect-brian-cole-jr-s-possible-motive-revealed/

DC pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr.’s possible motive revealed: ‘Something just snapped’


4 posted on 12/29/2025 10:24:00 AM PST by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'WIDTH=500>)
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To: bitt

After initially denying involvement, Brian Cole Jr. told investigators after his arrest that he became “bewildered” by claims the 2020 election had been stolen from President Trump and believed someone needed to “speak up” on behalf of people who thought the allegations of election fraud were true, according to a Justice Department memo.


I call BS....were this true, the biden cabal would’ve locked him up on January 22, 2021 and paraded him around as the face of “Donald Trump’s insurrection”....something here stinks....


5 posted on 12/29/2025 10:24:11 AM PST by God luvs America
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To: bitt

Are we really supposed to believe this?


6 posted on 12/29/2025 10:24:48 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (Pipe bomber, FL, Butler PA and Charlie Kirk assassins all had no accomplices? C'mon man!)
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To: bitt

Horse feathers! Whoever it was said what they told him to. Did they actually do the deed? I very seriously doubt it.


7 posted on 12/29/2025 10:28:32 AM PST by sport
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To: bitt

Cole is a perfect anti Trump FBI groomed cut out.

Check for a payoff.


8 posted on 12/29/2025 10:52:59 AM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>) )
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To: bitt

If I was one of the agencies I would make sure my asset had a good story.


9 posted on 12/29/2025 10:59:14 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: bitt
They are so desperate to pin it on a Trump supporter that they will make him into one, by hook or by crook.

10 posted on 12/29/2025 11:01:51 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty)
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To: bitt

So we are supposed to believe he was a Trump supporter ?


11 posted on 12/29/2025 11:09:09 AM PST by oldbrowser ( don't listen to the peddlers)
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To: bitt

Anybody want to buy a bridge? Believe this story and I can sell you a real bridge and you can start collecting tolls a few days after your check clears!


12 posted on 12/29/2025 11:13:55 AM PST by Inquiring Minds
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To: bitt

Now explain the cops and secret service ignoring the device plainly in view.


13 posted on 12/29/2025 11:40:31 AM PST by singletrack (..................................................................)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Are we really supposed to believe this?

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Nope.its agitprop.

It’s meant to mock, demoralize and provoke someone to an action they can point to to further blame their crimes on their victims


14 posted on 12/29/2025 11:47:38 AM PST by cuz1961
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To: The_Media_never_lie

No. You and I have the right to be right.

As Sonny Bono sang in 1965. He wrote the song.

Laugh At Me

...
So I don’t care
Then laugh at me
If that’s so fair
I have to beg to be free

Then baby, laugh at me
And I’ll cry for you
And I’ll pray for you

And I’ll do all the things
That the man up stairs says to do
I’ll do ‘em for you.


15 posted on 12/29/2025 12:19:43 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: God luvs America

You don’t plan bombs because you are “bewildered”


16 posted on 12/29/2025 12:21:34 PM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: bitt
Snapped is when you grab an ax and start running down the street half dressed and foaming at the mouth.

Buying materials and assembling them into explosive devices and placing them next to political party headquarters requires intent and careful planning.

He may be a wolf, but I doubt he was "lone".

17 posted on 12/29/2025 12:27:17 PM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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" he became “bewildered” by claims the 2020 election had been stolen from President Trump"

But if I recall correctly earlier reports from the FBI and DOJ said that he had bought some of the components used in the pipe bombs before the election. How did he know in advance that the election would be "stolen" as he supposedly now says?

18 posted on 12/29/2025 1:15:39 PM PST by freeandfreezing
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"Both pipe bombs were manufactured using a 1” x 8” galvanized pipe with markings consistent with a particular manufacturer’s (the “Pipe Manufacturer”) product labeling. COLE purchased a total of six galvanized pipes of this size and shape on or about June 1, June 8, and November 16, 2020. The purchases were made at two different Home Depot location in northern Virginia."

"The pipe bombs placed outside the RNC and DNC contained a mix of both black and galvanized end caps. The end caps had markings consistent with Pipe Manufacturer’s product labeling. COLE purchased a total of 12 black end caps and 2 galvanized end caps from four different Home Depots in northern Virginia on or about the following dates: October 22, 2019, and March 10, June 20, July 8, and November 16, 2020"

The DOJ Criminal Complaint

So either the DOJ's statements about the purchases of the pipe bomb parts are incorrect, even though they are based on sworn statements, or Brian Cole was able to time-travel, or somehow he knew something in advance which led him to be "bewildered" by the 2020 election results back in 2019.

Seems logical to me.

19 posted on 12/29/2025 1:21:26 PM PST by freeandfreezing (Do I need the sarcasm tag for that last sentence?)
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To: Sirius Lee
"Snapping" before the event even happens requires another level of suspension of reality.

How did Cole "snap" more than a year before the election when he is alleged to have started buying parts for the "pipe bombs".

20 posted on 12/29/2025 1:23:29 PM PST by freeandfreezing
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