Posted on 12/28/2025 3:25:09 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The DOJ said in a new filing that the suspect was not “openly political” but believed the 2020 election had been tampered with.
A Virginia man arrested earlier this month repeatedly cited conspiracy theories about the 2020 election when he confessed to placing pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican National Committees on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a Department of Justice filing.
The Justice Department had not previously detailed a motive for the attempted attack or any possible connection between the pipe bombs and the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. But in a Sunday filing — ahead of his detention hearing, scheduled for Tuesday — the DOJ said suspect Brian Cole Jr. told investigators he “was going to a protest in support of [then President] Trump” on the day of the attack.
Justice Department says Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect believed election conspiracy theories
The DOJ said in a new filing that the suspect was not “openly political” but believed the 2020 election had been tampered with. Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel stand during a news conference.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, and FBI Director Kash Patel announce the arrest of a suspect in the Jan. 6, 2021, pipe bomb case during a Dec. 4 press conference at the Department of Justice. | Alex Brandon/AP By Jacob Wendler12/28/2025 06:08 PM EST
A Virginia man arrested earlier this month repeatedly cited conspiracy theories about the 2020 election when he confessed to placing pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican National Committees on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a Department of Justice filing.
The Justice Department had not previously detailed a motive for the attempted attack or any possible connection between...
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Fake and gay.
“We’re going to have to get some new conspiracy theories because all the old ones turned out to be true”.
-—Louisiana US Senator John Kennedy.
No way to go through life.
So, he went after the D culprits and R culprits, but the insinuation is he felt Trump was cheated? Confused individual. Let’s hear the actual audio. Sounds a bit fishy.
“but found them within minutes of a former DC cop and current CIA operative (Shauni Rae Kerkhoff) being IDed for it”
And it’s a patsy with mental issues who will get off on a “he’s nutz” plea
This story sounds very Rachel Maddow-y. It is at her level of lying.
This is why I have no respect for either Bondi or Patel. I don’t find the story believable. But they expect me to believe it.
Remember Richard Jewel? They asked him to help make a training video by confessing.
“....believed the 2020 election had been tampered with.”
He’s not wrong.
Who helped him to build the “bombs”?
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵.
That’s one of the biggest forms of disrespect I can think of, a half-assed story or lie, coupled the expectation of you to believe it.
Let’s see him demo what he did.
Iknowiknow. Methods and sources…..
Sure, Pam.
I thought I’d read he’d believe that two years before the election even happened. This guy’s a patsy.
He’s a “Patsy”.
Glad to see I’m not the first to say so.
This is the best gaslight the commie left democbheater could come up with ?
Pure Adam shift level bs.
Funny how he started collecting bomb making materials as much as a year and half before the ‘20 election.
Karl Rove needs to hire this guy!
And here I thought he was an autistic, anti-trumper whose family sued President Trump and worked to free illegal aliens. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355997/posts
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