Evidence against J6 pipe bomb suspect was just ‘sitting there’ for years, DOJ says

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Department of Justice leaders criticized the Biden administration for failing to achieve what they accomplished on Thursday — arresting a suspect in connection with the pipe bombs found near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said during a press conference announcing the arrest of Brian Cole Jr. that existing evidence led to the FBI’s breakthrough in a cold case that had “languished” for nearly five years.

“What I will tell you is that evidence has been sitting there collecting dust,” Bondi said. “This wasn’t a new tip. It wasn’t some new evidence. It was the hard work of President Trump’s administration.”

Bondi said federal investigators were able to identify Cole after spending months “sifting through evidence that