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Moneycontrol06/12/2025

Prosecutor: DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Upset by Trump's 2020 Loss

  • Brian Cole Jr., accused of placing pipe bombs at RNC and DNC, was "disappointed" by Trump's 2020 election loss, prosecutors say.
  • Cole allegedly confessed to placing the devices on January 5, 2021, the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack.
  • Evidence includes Cole's confession, cellphone location data, surveillance video matching his sneakers, and credit card records for bomb components.
  • Prosecutors suggest Cole may have been motivated by 2020 election conspiracy theories, viewing him as an "equal opportunity bomber" disappointed in the system.
  • Cole has been ordered to remain in jail; his arrest marks the first public identification of a suspect in the nearly five-year-old case.

Why It Matters: Election disappointment fueled a domestic pipe bomb attack.

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