{"id":58359,"date":"2025-12-05T03:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T03:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=58359"},"modified":"2025-12-05T03:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T03:40:06","slug":"family-of-pipe-bomb-suspect-brian-cole-breaks-silence-issues-first-statement-after-explosive-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=58359","title":{"rendered":"Family of Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Breaks Silence \u2014 Issues FIRST Statement After Explosive Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brian Cole Jr. (Department of Justice)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Federal agents on Thursday arrested 30-year-old Florida man Brian Cole Jr., charging him with transporting an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction using explosive materials.<\/p>\n

The arrest comes nearly five years after pipe bombs were discovered outside the RNC and DNC headquarters, a case that inexplicably stalled under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Bondi credited investigators for \u201csifting through evidence that had been sitting at the FBI,\u201d making clear that no new tips led to Cole\u2019s identification.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis investigation is ongoing,\u201d Bondi said. \u201cAs we speak, search warrants are being executed, and there could be more charges to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

FBI Director Kash Patel releases statement on X:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen Dan Bongino and I came to the FBI in March, the pipe bomb investigation had been stalled for going on 5 years. We rebuilt it from scratch \u2013 re-running every lead, re-testing every piece of evidence, bringing in top experts, and deploying new technology to engineer the break that finally nailed the suspect.<\/p>\n

Today is result of that outstanding work. We didn\u2019t need new evidence \u2013 just new leaders, and a new President
\n@realDonaldTrump willing to let good cops be cops.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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When Dan Bongino and I came to the FBI in March, the pipe bomb investigation had been stalled for going on 5 years. We rebuilt it from scratch \u2013 re-running every lead, re-testing every piece of evidence, bringing in top experts, and deploying new technology to engineer the break\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) December 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

FBI Co-Deputy Director Dan Bongino\u00a0delivered a blistering rebuke of Biden-era leadership, openly criticizing officials for \u201cfocusing on other things\u201d instead of solving one of the most consequential domestic terror cases in modern political history.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not going to walk into our capital city, put down two explosive devices, and walk off into the sunset,\u201d Bongino said.
\u201cNot going to happen \u2014 we were going to track this person to the end of the Earth. There was no way he was getting away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bongino confirmed that he assembled a multiagency investigative team that re-examined old evidence \u2014 evidence he strongly suggested was ignored or overlooked by prior leadership.<\/p>\n

According to the criminal complaint<\/a>, Cole allegedly bought:<\/p>\n