BREAKING: January 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Identified as Virginia’s Brian Cole

Tom Durante Dec 4th, 2025, 10:46 am

The suspect arrested for planting pipe bombs at the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic National Committees on the eve of the January 6th Capitol riot has been identified as a Virginia man.

Brian Cole was taken into custody by the FBI on Thursday morning, sources told the New York Post — a huge development in a mystery that has baffled investigators for nearly five years.

Cole resides in Woodbridge, Virginia, according to the Associated Press , a half-hour’s drive from Washington, D.C.

Until Thursday, little was known about the suspect, except that he was about 5 feet 7 inches tall.

Cole allegedly placed the bombs at the offices between 7:30 p.m. and 8:

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