Biography
Brian J. Cole Jr. is the man federal prosecutors accuse of placing pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic national headquarters on January 5, 2021. He was arrested on December 4, 2025 and later indicted; the charges remain allegations while the federal case is pending.
Procedural source verification
The April 30, 2026 D.C. Circuit judgment in No. 26-3009 affirms the January 16 denial of release under 18 U.S.C. § 3060(d) and the January 29 refusal to revoke the January 2 pretrial-release denial. It records a temporary-detention order at the December 5, 2025 initial appearance and a federal indictment returned January 6, 2026. The court upheld detention after rejecting the asserted procedural grounds for release and finding no demonstrated clear error in the community-safety determination. This is not a conviction, sentence or discharge. The existing December 4 arrest and custody-start dates are unchanged.
