DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Voted for Trump Twice, Now Seeks January 6 Pardon

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The attorney for Brian J. Cole Jr., the man charged with planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters on January 5, 2021, says his client may qualify for clemency under former President Donald Trump’s January 6 pardon directive.

Cole, 30, was arrested in late 2025 after a nearly five-year fe…