The FBI arrested a suspect in the January 6 pipe bomb case.
Something still doesn't add up about the official story.
And the FBI's January 6 pipe bomb case just fell apart with one shocking detail.
FBI claims victory while evidence screams coverup
The FBI arrested 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia on December 4, nearly five years after pipe bombs were planted outside the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters on January 5, 2021.¹
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel held a triumphant press conference claiming they'd cracked the biggest mystery of January 6.¹
Cole allegedly confessed, told agents "something just snapped," and admitted building both bombs despite having no political affiliation.²
But then Bondi said something that should make every American's blood boil.
"Let me be clear: There was no new tip, there was no new witness," Bondi stated. "Just good diligent police work and prosecutorial work."³
Translation: The evidence to arrest Cole had been rotting in FBI files since 2021 and 2022.³
The FBI sat on this evidence for years while Americans demanded answers about who tried to blow up both political party headquarters the night before January 6.
Why the delay? That's the question nobody in Washington wants to answer.
Cell phone evidence proves Cole couldn't be in two places at once
The FBI built its case on cell phone tower pings supposedly proving Cole's phone was near both bomb locations.
Except the phone data actually destroys the FBI's timeline, according to video investigator Armitas and a retired FBI supervisory special agent who tore apart the bureau's evidence.⁴
At 8:03 p.m. on January 5, Capitol Police cameras captured what Armitas identified as Cole's blue Nissan Sentra driving north on 3rd Street Southwest — more than a mile away from Folger Park, where the FBI claims the hoodie-wearing bomber was grabbing the second pipe bomb.⁴
It's a six to seven minute drive between those locations.⁴
The bomber placed the second device at the Republican National Committee building at 8:16 p.m.⁴
Do the math. Cole's car was spotted driving away from Capitol Hill onto Interstate 395 at 8:04 p.m., heading west.⁴
He couldn't be driving away from the crime scene and simultaneously walking toward it to plant the second bomb.
A retired FBI supervisory special agent who analyzed the cell tower pings told Blaze News the surveillance video "does not show the individual using, possessing, or interacting with a cellular device" at the times the FBI claims Cole's phone pinged those towers.⁴
The FBI expects Americans to ignore what the evidence actually shows.
Video evidence contradicts Cole's supposed confession
The DOJ claims Cole set both bomb timers to 60 minutes and wanted them to detonate on January 5.⁵
But DNC security footage — the FBI's own evidence — shows the bomber never touched the timer.⁴
Video investigator Armitas explained what anyone watching the footage can see: "This device requires 2 full turns of the dial to set it. Not to mention you have to unclip and reclip all the alligator clips, otherwise turning the dial will close the switch across those clips, shorting the detonator — Kaboom."⁴
The video from two different angles shows the hoodie suspect pulled the bomb from a backpack and immediately placed it under the bush.⁴
No timer adjustment. No clip manipulation. Nothing that matches Cole's alleged confession.
Either Cole is lying about setting the timers, or the FBI is lying about his confession.
Security footage also caught the bomber stopping at a bush near the Congressional Black Caucus Institute at 7:48 p.m., spending 77 seconds rummaging through a backpack.⁴
The FBI never asked Cole about this during his "detailed confession."⁴
What was the bomber doing at that location? The FBI doesn't want to know, because the answer might blow up their entire case.
Everyone who knows Cole says FBI arrested wrong man
Sunny Sandhu owns the 7-Eleven store where Cole shopped two to three times per week for 13 years.⁴
Same routine every time: pizza and two Cokes, headphones on, barely any interaction.
After Cole's arrest, Sandhu watched the FBI video of the hoodie suspect walking confidently down an alley to place the second bomb.
"I go, 'No way. The kid doesn't walk like that,'" Sandhu told Blaze News. "This kid has no confidence in his stride at all."⁴
Prince William County Police bodycam footage from April 2024 shows exactly what Sandhu means.⁴
Cole has a lumbering walk with his feet turned outward, no rhythm, head and neck leaning noticeably left.⁴
The hoodie suspect walked with squared shoulders, upright posture, and a fast confident stride.⁴
They don't even move like the same person.
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) revealed three FBI whistleblowers came forward questioning Cole's mental capacity to execute this plot.⁶
One whistleblower who observed Cole "hundreds of times over the course of nearly a decade" described him as "detached and vacant."⁶
Cole wanders the neighborhood walking his dog but "does not interact with anyone" and "appears to live in his own world," the whistleblower told Massie.⁶
"It is obvious he has a mental disability and likely lives in a permanent vulnerable, intellectual and emotional state," attorney Kurt Siuzdak wrote in a protected disclosure filed with Massie and Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH).⁶
Cole's own grandmother confirmed he's "borderline autistic" with "the mind of a 16-year-old."⁶
His defense attorneys revealed Cole has autism spectrum disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.⁷
"Based on the observations of several neighbors, the suspect does not appear to have the mental acumen to plan, prepare, and execute a complex bombing plot by himself," Massie concluded.⁶
The FBI whistleblower raised another damning question: Why weren't neighbors evacuated during Cole's arrest if agents truly believed he was stockpiling bombs?⁶
"If the suspect had in fact been engaged in making bombs and stockpiling bomb materials, the proper safety precautions were not taken," Massie wrote.⁶
The FBI required neighbors to stay inside their homes during the arrest — not exactly the protocol for apprehending an active bomb maker.
This is the FBI Americans are supposed to trust
The FBI spent five years on this case.³
Reviewed 39,000 video files.³
Conducted over 1,000 interviews.³
Raised the reward from $50,000 to $500,000.³
And the best they could do is arrest a man with autism who lives with his parents, can barely make eye contact, and whose own neighbors say he lacks the mental capacity to execute this plot?
A man whose car was captured on video driving away from the crime scene when the bomber was planting the second device?
A man whose walk doesn't match the suspect, whose confession contradicts the video evidence, and whom the FBI could have arrested years ago if they actually believed he did it?
This is the same FBI that spied on Trump's campaign, lied to the FISA court, and raided Mar-a-Lago over documents while ignoring Biden's garage full of classified materials.
The same FBI that couldn't find the cocaine in the White House but somehow "lost" hundreds of January 6 text messages.
Now they want Americans to believe they solved the pipe bomb case by arresting a vulnerable man with a mental disability who probably can't even understand what's happening to him.
Cole faces 30 years in prison if convicted.⁷
Three FBI whistleblowers risked their careers to tell Congress they arrested the wrong man.⁶
Video evidence contradicts the FBI's timeline.⁴
Physical evidence doesn't match.⁴
And the FBI had this "evidence" sitting in their files for three years before finally arresting someone — anyone — to close the case.³
Either the FBI is stunningly incompetent, or they're covering up who really planted those bombs by railroading a man who can't defend himself.
Both options should terrify every American who still believes in justice.
¹ NBC News, "Suspect arrested in January 5 DC pipe bomb case," December 4, 2025.
² NBC News, "Attorneys say D.C. pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole has autism in bid for release," December 30, 2025.
³ CNN, "FBI arrests Brian Cole Jr. in Jan. 6 DC pipe bomber investigation," December 4, 2025.
⁴ Blaze News, "Pipe-bomb suspect Brian Cole's movements on Jan. 5, 2021, are not as clear as charges make it appear," Joseph M. Hanneman and Steve Baker, December 30, 2025.
⁵ Daily Caller, "'Something Just Snapped': Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Jr.'s Confession Revealed In Court Docs," December 29, 2025.
⁶ Blaze Media, "New whistleblower undermines accusations against official Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect, Rep. Thomas Massie says," December 2025.
⁷ NBC News, "D.C. pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole diagnosed with autism, attorneys say in motion for release," December 30, 2025.
