VA Pipe bomber on January 6 found; Brian Cole, 30 4Dec 2025

[nhmemorymaker]

Brian Jerome Cole jr has been identified as the individual who placed pipe bombs at the Republican and the Democratic Headquarters in Washington DC on January 6, 2021.

Suspect arrested in January 2021 D.C. pipe bomb case, DOJ says

The bombs were planted outside the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol.

www.nbcnews.com

Who is Brian Cole? FBI identifies suspect in Jan. 6 DC pipe bomb case

The suspect's arrest may bring closure to a mystery investigated by federal law enforcement for nearly five years.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Missing Susan]

How close did VP Harris get to this bomb during her movements on Jan 5 and 6?

 

[Lebowski]

VP who?

 

[Mauig’ma]

How close did VP Harris get to this bomb during her movements on Jan 5 and 6?

You mean Mike Pence?

 

[Mauig’ma]

How close did VP Harris get to this bomb during her movements on Jan 5 and 6?

VP Harris wasn’t VP until the end of January

 

[Missing Susan]

VP Harris wasn’t VP until the end of January

Nor is VP Harris the vice president now yet we both used the same honorary title to identify the person in question.

 

[Elley Mae]

The report, a copy of which was obtained by ABC News, offers an official and detailed account of how Kamala Harris, then the incoming vice president, ended up within feet of a "viable" pipe bomb that had been planted in the bushes right outside the Democratic National Committee's headquarters.

New DHS watchdog report details how close Kamala Harris came to 'viable' pipe bomb on Jan. 6

Kamala Harris, as incoming VP on Jan. 6, 2021, ended up within feet of a "viable" pipe bomb in the bushes outside DNC headquarters, according to DHS watchdog report.

abcnews.go.com

The report describes how two Secret Service canine teams assigned to sweep the building were "surprised" to learn the morning of Jan. 6 that more assets weren't being provided to help with the sweep -- but the report also notes that Secret Service policies and procedures at the time required fewer assets for protectees who had been elected to an office but not yet sworn in.

 

[SouthAussie]

How close did VP Harris get to this bomb during her movements on Jan 5 and 6?

The then US vice-president-elect, Kamala Harris, had at some stage passed within 20ft of the explosives outside the DNC headquarters

“The pipe bombs at the DNC where Kamala Harris was on January 6,”

Suspect arrested and named in case of pipe bombs planted on eve of January 6

Bombs were placed near Republican and Democratic party HQs in Washington night before US Capitol attack

www.theguardian.com

 

[Mauig’ma]

The then US vice-president-elect, Kamala Harris, had at some stage passed within 20ft of the explosives outside the DNC headquarters

“The pipe bombs at the DNC where Kamala Harris was on January 6,”

Suspect arrested and named in case of pipe bombs planted on eve of January 6

Bombs were placed near Republican and Democratic party HQs in Washington night before US Capitol attack

www.theguardian.com

She’s very lucky it didn’t explode. Thank goodness