CNN anchor Jake Tapper issued a correction Friday after referring to the DC pipe bomb suspect as a “White man.”

Tapper raised eyebrows Thursday after referring to Brian Cole Jr., the man suspected of leaving pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC headquarters on the eve of Jan. 6, as a “30-year-old White man.”

“Yesterday, minutes before we showed you the suspect’s photo, I should note that I mistakenly said that the suspect was White,” Tapper told viewers. “Obviously, as the photo revealed, he’s Black. Apologies for that mistake.”

CNN did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

The DOJ announced Cole was charged with transporting an explosive device in interstate commerce and attempted malicious destruction by means of fire and explosive materials.

More charges are pen

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