BREAKING: DOJ charges Brian Cole with placing pipe bombs at RNC, DNC in 2021

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday that Brian Cole Jr has been charged with use of an explosive device over the placement of pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC in January 2021. Bondi told reporters, "America should feel safer today. We say a pipe bomb, these are bombs. These were live, active bombs that were placed in Washington, DC."

"Early this morning, Brian Cole Jr. was arrested and charged with placing the pipe bombs at the RNC and the DNC on January 5th, 2021. He has been charged with violating 18 USC 844, which is use of an explosive device. This investigation is ongoing, as we speak, search warrants are being executed, and there could be more charges to come," Bondi said.

Bondi applauded FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino for their work on the case, saying, "this cold case languished for four years until Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino came to the FBI. The FBI, along with US Attorney Pirro and all of our prosecutors, have worked tirelessly for months sifting through evidence that had been sitting at the FBI with the Biden administration for four long years."

"Let me be clear: there was no new tip, there was no new witness, just good, diligent police work and prosecutorial work. Working as a team, along with ATF, Capitol Police, Metropolitan Police Department, and, of course, the FBI."

Authorities were seen outside Cole's Woodbridge, Virginia home on Thursday morning, taking items out of the house and searching a car parked outside the house. Neighbors described Cole as "very antisocial," and having a "dog that he loves." The suspect has been described as being linked to statements supporting anarchist ideology

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