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BREAKING: January 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Identified.. FBI Raids Home (VIDEO)

The January 6 Pipe Bomb suspect has been identified.

The FBI arrested a man named Brian Cole in connection with the January 6 pipe bombs on Thursday morning.

Cole is 30 years old and from Woodbridge, Virginia.

According to MS NOW, the pipe bomb suspect was identified in a “fresh review of old evidence and could have possibly been arrested years ago.”

“Brian Cole is the person the FBI has in custody and whom they believe left the pipe bombs in DC on 1/5/2021, according to two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter,” NBC News reported.

Brian Cole will appear in court on Thursday.

BREAKING | NBC News: Brian Cole is the person the FBI has in custody and whom they believe left the pipe bombs in DC on 1/5/2021, according to two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter.

Reported w/ @jonathan4ny and Mike Kosnar— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) December 4, 2025

Fox News also reported that Brian Cole of Virginia is the suspect taken into custody.

🚨 BREAKING: DNC, RNC pipe bomb suspect named as Virginia man Brian Cole, sources tell Fox News pic.twitter.com/dSqBnrFErM— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 4, 2025

The suspect allegedly planted pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC headquarters on January 5, the night before the Capitol riot.

The FBI previously released footage of the pipe bomber planting the bomb next to a park bench at the DNC.

On January 5, 2021, the suspect placed pipe bombs near the offices of the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee. As part of our renewed call for tips, #FBIWFO posted previously unreleased video of the suspect placing a bomb near the DNC. pic.twitter.com/Fe9RHCsZYL— FBI Washington Field (@FBIWFO) January 2, 2025

MS NOW reported that the FBI arrested Brian Cole at his home in Virginia.

Cole allegedly authored “anarchist” writings.

Breaking news from Ken Dilanian (@KDilanianMSNOW): FBI just arrested the alleged 1/6 pipebomber, a thus far unnamed man whom feds say authored “anarchist” writings pic.twitter.com/wLpXK4TosB— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 4, 2025

The FBI raided the home of the suspect.

BREAKING: Federal authorities are searching the Virginia home of the suspect who allegedly planted pipe bombs blocks from the U.S. Capitol on January 5, 2021. pic.twitter.com/cwKUCwlSyx— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 4, 2025

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