Brian Cole Jr. is accused of transporting explosives across state lines and attempting to use them at the DNC and RNC headquarters in Washington.
This courtroom sketch depicts Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Va., the man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties on Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, being sworn in before U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya, at Federal Court in Washington, as U.S. Attorney Charles Jones, seated left, and Defense Attorney John Shoreman, seated center, look on, on Dec. 5, 2025. Dana Verkouteren via AP
WASHINGTON—Brian Cole Jr., the defendant in a case related to pipe bombs discovered outside the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded not guilty during an arraignment on Jan. 9.
Cole appeared at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, just down the road from the U.S. Capitol.
Joseph Lord is a congressional reporter for The Epoch Times.
