The man charged with planting pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters in January 2021 told the FBI he believed the 2020 presidential election was stolen, according to multiple reports.
According to NBC News and CNN, investigators say Brian Cole Jr., 30, expressed belief in election-related conspiracy theories during FBI interviews, offering what could be the first publicly reported indication of a potential motive for the devices left outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters on Jan. 5, 2021, hours before the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Cole was charged Thursday with explosives-related offenses, including transporting an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials, according to court documents.
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