J6 pipe bomb suspect targeted RNC, DNC because ‘they were in charge’
Brain Cole Jr., arrested at his Virginia home in early December, confessed in a recently unsealed memo to planting two pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, the day before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. He initially told investigators he had driven to Washington to attend a protest and denied placing the devices, but later admitted to planting them after being shown video footage. Cole said he became “bewildered” by the 2020 election results, began closely following the news, and felt someone needed to “speak up,” adding he targeted both parties because “they were in charge.” Prosecutors say the bombs did not detonate and that Cole expressed relief they hadn’t exploded; he also told investigators the devices were not connected to Congress’s certification of the election or the jan. 6 protests. The memo was released ahead of Cole’s scheduled detention hearing, where prosecutors argued he poses an intolerable danger to the community if released.
Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect targeted RNC and DNC because ‘they were in charge,’ memo says
The man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., a day before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot confessed to investigators that he became “bewildered” by the 2020 election and believed someone needed to “speak up,” according to a new memo.
The memo, unsealed on Sunday, detailed Brain Cole Jr.’s alleged confession to investigators shortly after his arrest at his Virginia home in early December.
Over multiple hours, investigators pressed Cole on his alleged motive for placing the bombs on Jan. 5, which ultimately did not detonate.
Cole began by denying that he placed the bombs, instead saying he drove to Washington on Jan. 5 to attend a protest related to the 2020 election results. While not an “an openly political person,” Cole said he began closely following the news shortly after the 2020 election, feeling “bewildered” and that “something was wrong.”
He allegedly told investigators 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.”
“I didn’t agree with what people were doing, like just telling half the country that they — that their — that they just need to ignore it. I didn’t think that was a good idea, so I went to the protest,” Cole added, according to the memo.
But when investigators pressed him on his whereabouts and showed him video footage of the pipe bomb suspect on the night of Jan. 5, Cole later admitted to planting the two bombs.
According to prosecutors, Cole was “pretty relieved” the bombs didn’t explode, but did want to do something to both political parties because “they were in charge.” He said “something just snapped” after “watching everything, just everything getting worse.”
However, Cole told investigators the bombs were not related to Congress’s certification of the election results or any of the protests on Jan. 6.
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The memo comes ahead of Cole’s court appearance for his detention hearing, which is slated for Tuesday at 1 p.m.
Prosecutors were adamant on Sunday that Cole must remain detained before his trial, saying he “poses an intolerable risk of danger to the community if released.”
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