Brian Cole Jr., the 30-year-old Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs outside both Republican and Democratic national committee headquarters on January 5, 2021, has been DENIED pretrial release as the Trump administration now oversees the case that sat dormant for years under Biden's DOJ.
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali refused to order Cole's release this week, keeping him behind bars as his defense attorneys scramble to challenge the detention order. The timing couldn't be more significant – this bombshell case is now under the purview of Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Trump Justice Department.
Social media users are tracking every development closely. As one observer noted on Twitter, "On January 29, 2026, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali refused to order the pretrial release of Brian J. Cole Jr., the 30-year-old Virginia man accused of planting two pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic national headquarters on the eve of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot."
Here's what's truly mind-boggling, Patriots: This case sat in limbo for FIVE YEARS under the Biden regime. Five years! While they were busy prosecuting grandmothers who walked through the Capitol, the actual BOMBER remained a mystery until Cole's arrest.
"The Biden DOJ spent more time going after peaceful protesters than finding the person who planted actual BOMBS," one legal analyst told this reporter.
Cole's defense team is now formally challenging the detention order, with court documents showing they've notified the U.S. District Court in Washington of their appeal plans. But let's be honest – this isn't your typical pretrial release scenario. We're talking about someone accused of planting explosive devices at the heart of American democracy.
The Trump administration now has the opportunity to get real answers about January 6th – not the partisan theater we witnessed from the Pelosi-led committee, but actual justice. Will we finally learn who Cole really is? What his motives were? And why it took the Biden DOJ five years to make an arrest?
This case represents everything wrong with the previous administration's handling of January 6th investigations – selective prosecution, political theater, and delayed justice. Now it's time for real accountability.