BREAKING: FBI Arrests Suspect in January 6 DC Pipe Bomb Investigation; Update - Suspect Named

Sam J. | 9:40 AM on December 04, 2025

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The FBI has released the name of the man they arrested in the J6 pipe bomb investigation:

🚨 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

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The FBI arrested a suspect in the January 6th pipe bomb investigation, according to a federal law enforcement official.

Pipe bombs were placed near the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021, ahead of the January 6th protests.

According to an FBI official, the arrest occurred Thursday morning; a news conference will be held at the Justice Department this afternoon to announce the arrest.

BREAKING: Colleague @davidspunt reports the FBI has arrested the suspect believed to be behind the planting of pipe bombs at the DNC & RNC headquarters in DC on January 5th, 2021. Suspect is a male living in Virginia. Arrested early this morning in VA.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) December 4, 2025

Arrested in Virginia.

FOX NEWS ALERT: The FBI has arrested a Virginia man this morning suspected of planting pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., on January 5th, 2021.

“A law enforcement source says the arrest happened this morning in Virginia. So far, no word on the… pic.twitter.com/HLVLRX68Me
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) December 4, 2025

Post continues:

“A law enforcement source says the arrest happened this morning in Virginia. So far, no word on the suspect’s name.”

From MS NOW:

In a stunning break in one of the FBI’s most high-profile unsolved cases, agents arrested a suspect Thursday morning who investigators believe placed pipe bombs outside Republican and Democratic headquarters in the hours before the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, four people with knowledge of the development told MS NOW.
The suspect has been charged with placing the bombs, which did not detonate ... Authorities have not yet determined a motive, a law enforcement official said. But the suspect has been linked to statements in support of anarchist ideology, said two people briefed on the arrest.