The J6 bomber suspect: roundup
(1) From the start, I think it’s been assumed that whoever the J6 pipe bomber might be, he or she was connected to J6, either as sympathizer, decoy, or saboteur. But I’m beginning to think that it’s at least possible that the timing was a coincidence. After all, the bombs were placed the day before, and in general it was a time of great turmoil in DC and around the US.
(2) And then there’s Jake Tapper’s assumption, even as he was showing a photo of suspect Brian Cole, that said suspect was a white man.
(3) There are plenty of rumors swirling around about Cole. You can see some here. I don’t really get into the rumor thing, especially at this early date.
(4) It seems that during Biden’s tenure (or pretend-tenure), neither the FBI nor the DOJ were all that interested in getting to the bottom of this. At any rate, I think this is correct in stating that Cole is probably the actual pipe bomber.
(5) On yesterday’s thread on the subject, there was some discussion about the case being weak. For example, see this comment:
NO EXPLOSIVES? Literally, no explosives make it into the FBI criminal complaint!
This may be amended to include it, admits Kyle Seraphin, the expert Viva Frei interviews, says. A different and almost uninterrupted interview is just over 20m, HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29arVE9xDTk
This may be better to digest.
Or this
Viva Frei hosts an ex-lawyer and FBI Whistleblower to break down the criminal complaint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUuXkItROj0
This expert says the details identifying Brian Cole, Jr, are the weakest he’s ever seen in such a Federal document. By itself iits a mere 7 pages! “It’s a bizarre story line.”
If true, this case may well not be closed.
I see nothing especially bizarre about it.
Also, please look at the document itself and see what it is actually about and what its purpose is:
Because this affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of establishing probable cause in support of a criminal complaint, I have not included each and every fact known to me concerning this investigation. I have only set forth the facts that I believe are necessary to establish probable cause that Defendant violated 18 U.S.C. §§ 844(d) & (i).
By no means is it meant to be comprehensive.
So far, the most telling part of this story is Jake Tapper identifying him as white. Ye gads, what is wrong with him (and the rest of the media)? Will they ever learn anything?
When I was an army brat I read a book from the Fort Belvoir (US Army Corp of Engineers) about improvised bombs etc. Examples of pipe bombs how they were made and such. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal troops were in the engineers IIRC. It wasn’t rocket science even in the 1960s.
Mr. Bill: I believe the phrase you’re looking for is “wishful thinking.”
Neo, thanks for the link to the document, and please forgive a tangent.
In it I saw that a purchase was made at “Micro Center,” link below. Wow! Digikey, Adafruit, Mouser, Sparkfun — they’re great, but its a few days, a week for the parts. But to have a place like Micro Center down the block. Ah, my memories of Fry’s Electronics.
https://www.microcenter.com/?categories=all
So Brian Cole Jr. is talking to the FBI…
–Megyn Kelly, “Kash Patel CONFIRMS Alleged Jan 6 Pipe Bomber Cooperating with FBI and Reveals How They Caught Him”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Ct_-2cjPY
According to CNBC, suspect has confessed.
–“Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole confessed, said he supports Trump and has anarchist views: MS NOW”
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/brian-cole-trump-jan-6-pipe-bomb-case.html
As to the Trump support I’m willing to wait and see. MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, is the source.
“…supports Trump and has anarchist views..”
How do those two things go together, unless (as seems likely) Cole is a nut case?
A couple of reports (NYpost) say Cole is mentally slow. His grandmother says he will wear shorts into winter.
If so, then it raises the question who ran him?Who trained him to so thoroughly disguise himself?
The only give-away are his glasses. Another observation comes from a neighbor who says he keeps to himself and does not interact with others.
The same source says Cole has very short legs, and that the bomber video does not fit how he walks.
Lots of questions deserving answers.
I saw a report about Cole’s grandmother saying he wears shorts in the winter, and red or orange Crocs, as evidence of his slowness. The shorts are not remarkable in my cold Midwestern city. Re the Crocs, I see a lot a weird fashion choices, but am not convinced that they are symptoms of mental challenges.
If the suspect has, as reportedly, confessed, I imagine that makes the case against him stronger ….
@ huxley – Stronger, but not definitive.
People confess to crimes they didn’t commit all the time.
Many apparently come forward willingly, without being arrested or even suspected.
Sometimes police keep back an essential element from their publicity to use as a “test” of their veracity; some are even serial confessors, and known to the local PD.
Other innocent people “confess” because their interrogators question them in such a way as to lead them to believe they really did do it (see the psychologist-induced false memories of child abuse back in (IIRC) the 1970s and 80s).
Sometimes that is purposeful by the LEOs (looking at you, FBI); sometimes just an unfortunate by-product of wanting to close a case with the first likely suspect that they find.
Sometimes, the confession comes after serious, deliberate, abusive “interrogation” — hopefully, in the US, not accompanied by physical torture, but it’s been known to happen.
Until the confession is buttressed by additional solid evidence, I would put it to the side.
@ TJ > ” Literally, no explosives make it into the FBI criminal complaint!”
He doesn’t need the boom stuff until he is ready to place a bomb.
Given the precedent of bomb-makers blowing themselves up, that’s not a bad idea.
Also, very canny of a real terrorist, because (as someone said on another thread), any confirmed handyman (addicted is not too strong a word) has a lot of that material on hand anyway, or so the bomber can claim.
Aesopfan
Whichever moron placed the bomb must have thought he was ready.
Back in the day, the Army taught us about all the ways the Other Side could make trouble for us which didn’t come from the ammo factory. Among other things, stored energy is pretty useful.
Walmart photoed my ID when I bought some WD40. I inquired if it was bomb stuff. Seems its adolescent huffing stuff. Not for long, I suspect.
But there are those handy little propane torches, nozzles included. If I need one, I wonder if I’ll be photoed.
Couple of years ago, a guy blew up an RV in front of a Nashville telecom switching building. Christmas Eve, I think it was. Propane. The Columbine shooters rigged one which fortunately didn’t work.
The Happyland Social Club, iirc, where a guy finessed fifty cents worth of gasoline into several score dead. Let the stampede do his work.
Yeah, handyman’s tool chest could be an embarrassment of riches. One CCP instructor said a real joke is a “weapons free zone” sign when an HVAC guy goes in, tool belt clinking.
The antidote to Raid is atropine. Same as we would have been issued if going into nerve gas territory. RAID IS A NERVE AGENT!?
I do school kid mentoring. When my guy was in elementary school, I was one-third of the male staff there, one hour a week. Any bad guy would have otherwise been facing the 85 pound maintenance gal wielding the assault mop.
To get back to the J6 thing…. I suggest not exploding was the plan. Left fuzzy details all over the place, figuratively speaking, without the near-hysterical urgency of Getting To The Bottom of This. Left lots of trails which could be pointed wherever desired.