A federal judge declined Tuesday to make an immediate decision about whether the suspected 2021 Washington, DC, pipe bomber, Brian Cole Jr., will be held in jail as he awaits trial. “I’m sensitive to ...

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A magistrate judge said he was concerned that the defendant, Brian Cole Jr., had continued after Jan. 6, 2021, to purchase components similar to those prosecutors said he had used to make pipe bombs.

The man suspected of placing pipe bombs near the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties in 2021 felt “extreme acts of violence” were justified because “they were in charge,” federal ...

A judge ruled there were no conditions he could make to ensure a safe release. A federal magistrate judge ordered Friday that the Virginia man charged with placing pipe bombs outside of the ...

Lawyers for Brian Cole argue he should be released ahead of trial for allegedly planting devices in DC in 2021 The man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of both the Democratic ...

A Virginia man arrested earlier this month repeatedly cited conspiracy theories about the 2020 election when he confessed to placing pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and ...

A Virginia man was charged with planting the bombs outside Democratic and Republican headquarters. Court documents show he believed that the 2020 election had been “tampered with.” By Alan Feuer The ...

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