I’m not buying this. At all! A report by MSNow (formerly, MSNBC a/k/a MSDNC) has claimed that FBI officials who are familiar with the ongoing interrogations of the suspected DNC pipe bomber Brian Cole Jr., stated the suspect shared with agents that he was a Trump supporter and did believe the 2020 election was stolen. Earlier reports revealed Brian Cole Jr.’s father is an owner of a bond company that was represented by George Floyd’s lawyer Ben Crump in a racial discrimination case. MS NOW broke the story and provided more details: Hours before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, someone placed pipe bombs outside Republican and Democratic headquarters in Washington, D.C. This led to a five-year manhunt that finally produced a breakthrough. Federal agents arrested a suspect Thursday morning, taking Brian Cole Jr. into custody. The Virginia man, who lives roughly 23 miles south of Capitol Hill, has been charged with transporting an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials, according to charging documents filed in court. There’s no shortage of questions about the suspect and his actions, but some new details are coming to the fore. NBC News reported that Cole is cooperating with the FBI and has already shared important insights. From the report: The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol told the FBI he believed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, according to two people familiar with the matter. This dovetails with a related account from MS NOW’s Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian, who reported that the suspect confessed to agents Thursday that he planted the bombs near the Capitol — and indicated he supported Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview. These developments are obviously new, and as the investigation continues, officials will likely get a clearer sense of the suspect’s motivations. But based on these initial reports, the suggestion that Cole might’ve somehow been aligned with Joe Biden or the left more broadly appears untrue. It also raises questions anew about the relevance of Trump’s pardons for those who also went to Capitol Hill in January 2021 after embracing his false election conspiracy theories. Cole is expected to appear in court on Friday afternoon. He has not yet entered a plea. Watch this space. CNN had more to report: JUST IN: Brian Cole Jr., the man charged with planting two pipe b0mbs near the RNC and DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C. on January 5th, 2021, “told the FBI he believed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election,” two sources told NBC News. Fox News: “Authorities, though,… pic.twitter.com/26pcMPIgLH — RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) December 5, 2025 The New York Post reported more on Cole’s family: The father of accused DC attempted pipe bomber Brian Cole Jr. was once defended by the same civil rights attorney who represented George Floyd’s family. Ben Crump – a nationally-known attorney who specializes in racial discrimination cases – represented Brian Cole Sr. in late 2021 when the sale of the Tennessee bond business he owned was being blocked by a local prosecutor. Crump and Cole Sr. claimed the prosecutor, Rutherford County Assistant District Attorney John Zimmerman, was blocking the sale because its owners were black. “Ben Crump Law represented Brian Cole Sr. in late 2021 in a racial discrimination matter involving his Tennessee-based company, Free At Last Bail Bonding,” Crump’s office told The Post. “The engagement lasted less than a month.” The block against Cole Sr.’s company was dropped after Crump joined the team, the Murfreesboro Daily News Journal reported at the time. The father of accused DC attempted pipe bomber Brian Cole Jr. was once defended by the same civil rights attorney who represented George Floyd’s family. Ben Crump – a nationally-known attorney who specializes in racial discrimination cases – represented Brian Cole Sr. in late 2021 when the sale of the Tennessee bond business he owned was being blocked by a local prosecutor. Crump and Cole Sr. claimed the prosecutor, Rutherford County Assistant District Attorney John Zimmerman, was blocking the sale because its owners were black. “Ben Crump Law represented Brian Cole Sr. in late 2021 in a racial discrimination matter involving his Tennessee-based company, Free At Last Bail Bonding,” Crump’s office told The Post. “The engagement lasted less than a month.” The block against Cole Sr.’s company was dropped after Crump joined the team, the Murfreesboro Daily News Journal reported at the time.