"On December 4, 2025, the Justice Department announced that it had finally arrested the one January 6 criminal they care about: Brian Cole, Jr., the alleged DNC pipe bomber. On the dais for the half-hour victory rally were FBI Director Kash Patel and his then-deputy Dan Bongino, two former podcasters who previously claimed that the bombs were planted by Biden allies to distract from a "stolen" election."
"According to the Wall Street Journal, the break in the case came when someone at the FBI wrote a code to unscramble a cache of damaged cell tower data. There's zero indication that this code went unwritten for five years because the FBI was in mandatory DEI training, and the Journal reports that agents expressed "resentment over FBI Director Kash Patel, who has suggested that they didn't work doggedly on the probe until Trump administration leadership arrived.""
"On December 3, the DOJ filed a criminal complaint alleging that Cole, a 30-year-old man living with his mother in Virginia, traveled to DC on the eve of the Capitol Riot and planted crudely constructed pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC. But a criminal complaint is not an indictment; it merely allows the government to seek detention of a suspect and starts a 30-day clock to charge him."
Brian Cole Jr., an alleged DNC pipe bomber, was arrested December 4, 2025 following a high-profile DOJ announcement. FBI Director Kash Patel and former podcaster Dan Bongino celebrated the arrest amid prior claims the bombs were planted by Biden allies. Bongino told Sean Hannity he had been paid for opinions, left that role temporarily, and later returned to media commentary. The investigative break reportedly came when an FBI agent wrote code to recover damaged cell-tower data, and agents expressed resentment over leadership. The case has been criticized as chaotically prosecuted after assignment to US Attorney Jeanine Pirro. A December 3 criminal complaint started a 30-day charging clock.
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