WASHINGTON—An indictment has been returned against Brian Cole Jr., the Virginia man accused of placing pipe bombs in Washington before the events of Jan. 6, 2021, a judge said on Dec. 30, and complications remain ahead of an expected trial.
During a hearing in Washington, U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh said he didn’t immediately accept the indictment because it was returned by a grand jury in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia rather than the federal court where he was presiding.
