Trump administration investigators nabbed DC pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole based on no public tips — just old-fashioned police work, FBI Director Kash Patel exclusively told The Post on Thursday.
Despite offering a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who laid pipe bombs at political offices in Washington, DC, the Biden administration was unable to catch a suspect during the former president’s only term in office.
But Trump’s FBI was able to crack the nearly five-year-old case without new tips.
“The FBI examined every piece of information available, leveraged new technology, brought in experts from around the country, and methodically developed the evidence needed to nail this suspect,” Patel told The Post. “This breakthrough didn’t come from new tips, it came from relentless FBI work.”
The FBI arrested Cole Thursday morning in connection with planting bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committees on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. FBI investigators descended on the Cole family’s quiet cul-de-sac in Woodbridge, Virginia on Thursday morning, collecting evidence and sealing off the scene.
While the FBI arrested and prosecuted hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters – 1,600 of whom President Trump later pardoned – the bureau failed for years to ID the culprit who planted the devices before Congress convened to count the 2020 electoral votes.
Trump administration investigators nabbed DC pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole based on no public tips — just old-fashioned police work, FBI Director Kash Patel exclusively told The Post on Thursday.
Then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) both came “within feet” of the bombs as they traveled to and from the DNC headquarters on South Capitol Street on Jan. 6.
Patel said his FBI launched a new investigative effort on the case when he came to office.
“Our team re-examined the case from the ground up after the previous leadership spent four years with no success,” he said. “We engineered this investigation, built the evidentiary trail, and executed the search warrants that finally brought this individual into custody.”
“This is what a focused, disciplined Bureau delivers for the American people,” he added.
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