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CNN host Jake Tapper called Brian Cole Jr. “a 30-year-old white man” on air while covering the Dec. 4, 2025 arrest, then the broadcast soon showed photos of Cole that did not match that description; m...
Multiple contemporary news reports say the arrested suspect, identified as Brian Cole Jr., “told agents” or “confessed” and “indicated support for President Donald Trump,” while other outlets report h...
CNN anchor Jake Tapper described the newly arrested Jan. 6 pipe‑bomb suspect, Brian Cole Jr., on air as a “30‑year‑old white man,” then the network immediately aired photos that showed otherwise; mult...
Available reporting shows no publicly confirmed, court-filed motive tying Brian Cole Jr. to an organized extremist group; authorities cite forensic evidence (credit‑card and bank purchases, cell‑tower...
Multiple mainstream outlets report that the arrested suspect, Brian Cole Jr., told investigators he supported Donald Trump and believed the 2020 election was stolen; NPR, CNN, Fox, Reuters and The Gua...
CNN host Jake Tapper mistakenly described accused Jan. 6 pipe-bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. as a “30‑year‑old white man” on The Lead, then his show aired photos that showed Cole is Black; Tapper later i...
Multiple mainstream outlets report that Brian Cole Jr., arrested in the D.C. pipe-bomb case, told investigators he believed the 2020 election was stolen and expressed support for Donald Trump; AP, The...
Multiple mainstream outlets report that Brian Cole Jr., arrested in the long-unsolved Jan. 6 pipe-bomb case, confessed to investigators that he planted the devices and told the FBI he believed the 202...
Available reporting says the FBI arrested Brian Cole Jr. in the Jan. 6 pipe-bombings cold case and that investigators have tied him to the devices through court filings and search warrants, but offici...
Authorities have arrested Brian Cole Jr., 30, in the long‑running investigation into the pipe bombs placed outside the RNC and DNC the night before Jan. 6, 2021, and prosecutors say he told investigat...
The arrest announced Dec. 4, 2025 identifies Brian Cole Jr. as the suspect in the Jan. 5, 2021 pipe‑bomb placements outside the RNC and DNC; media reports say investigators used cellphone location dat...
Multiple mainstream outlets report that authorities arrested Brian Cole Jr. in the Jan. 6 pipe‑bombing case and that some sources say he told investigators he supported Donald Trump and believed the 2...
Available reporting shows the arrested suspect, identified as Brian Cole Jr., made statements to investigators and “spent hours” with the FBI; some news outlets report he told investigators he support...
Federal prosecutors and multiple national outlets report that Brian Cole Jr., a 30-year-old Virginia man, was arrested in December 2025 and charged in the five‑year investigation of two pipe bombs pla...
Available reporting identifies at least one LinkedIn-like profile being circulated in connection with the FBI arrest of a man named Brian Cole, but outlets caution the social-media images are unverifi...
Jake Tapper described the newly arrested D.C. pipe-bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. on-air as a “30‑year‑old white man,” then minutes later CNN aired photos showing Cole is Black; Tapper issued an on‑air c...
CNN broadcast that Brian Cole Jr. was arrested in the Jan. 6 pipe-bomb investigation on Dec. 4–5, 2025; multiple CNN pieces identify the suspect as Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Va., age 30 . Numerous...
CNN anchor Jake Tapper described the arrested pipe-bomb suspect as “a 30‑year‑old white man from the D.C. suburbs” during a December 4 segment of The Lead, and that on‑air description was broadcast mi...
Federal agents arrested 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr., a Virginia man, on Dec. 4, 2025, in the long-running investigation into two pipe bombs placed outside the Republican and Democratic National Committ...