In this explosive full video, FBI’s Kash Patel and Pam Bondi break down never-before-discussed details about the mysterious Jan. 6 pipe bomb attacker. From unexplained surveillance gaps to shocking investigative inconsistencies, Patel and Bondi reveal new intel that raises serious questions about who planted the bombs, how the operation was carried out, and why the attacker has never been identified.
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00:00Good afternoon. Good afternoon. As you all know now, early this morning, Brian Cole Jr. was
00:10arrested and charged with placing the pipe bombs at the RNC and the DNC on January 5th, 2021. He
00:20has been charged with violating 18 U.S.C. 844, which is use of an explosive device. This investigation
00:28is ongoing. As we speak, search warrants are being executed, and there could be more charges
00:35to come. I'm going to let our U.S. Attorney discuss that shortly. This was the work of
00:41multiple agencies working together. This morning's operation was carried out safely and successfully.
00:49We know that there are so many issues when you're issuing search warrants. Dangerous things
00:57can happen, and this was carried out safely and securely thanks to all of the people standing
01:03around me. They have worked tirelessly on this. Today's arrest happened because the Trump
01:09administration has made this case a priority. The total lack of movement on this case in
01:18our nation's capital undermined the public trust of our enforcement agencies. This cold case languished
01:28for four years until Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino came to the FBI. The FBI, along
01:39with U.S. Attorney Pirro and all of our prosecutors, have worked tirelessly for months, sifting through
01:48evidence that had been sitting at the FBI with the Biden administration for four long years. Let
01:57me be clear, there was no new tip, there was no new witness, just good, diligent police work
02:05and prosecutorial work, working as a team, along with ATF, Capitol Police, Metropolitan Police
02:13Department and, of course, the FBI. We are working every day to restore the public's trust. We hope
02:22that today is a significant step towards that progress. We'll share more information when we can
02:30and when it unfolds. I cannot stress enough how hard Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino have worked for months
02:40to make our nation's capital safer and to make our country safer. I'd like to introduce now Director Patel.
02:49Thank you, General. When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation,
02:58when you attack our nation's capital, you attack the very being of our way of life. And this FBI and this
03:06Department of Justice stand here to tell you that we will always refute it and combat it. We will
03:11provide the safest country the nation has ever seen under President Trump's leadership here. And that's
03:16what we did here today with great resolve. On a case of massive public importance as it should be,
03:21an individual who is now alleged to have placed multiple explosive devices to blow up multiple people
03:27and multiple officials, innocent civilians, is now arrested thanks to the brave men and women of the FBI and
03:34the inner agency. I want to take a moment to thank the Metropolitan Police Department,
03:39the United States Capitol Police, our brave prosecutors, the Department of Justice and our
03:44Leader Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, whose relentless work on this case
03:50made this possible. As the Attorney General said, we did not discover any new information. What we did,
03:57an investigation spearheaded by the Deputy Director and the ADEC of our Washington Field Office,
04:02brought in a new team of investigators and experts, reexamined every piece of evidence,
04:08sifted through all the data, something that the prior administration refused and failed to do.
04:14As a result of that, we generated numerous investigative leads, executed multiple legal
04:19process with the U.S. Attorney partners and came to this conclusion today. And that is why we were able to
04:25safely secure this individual into custody. Remember, we are dealing with an individual who is
04:31alleged to have made bombs. We cannot do this sort of takedown in haste because it endangers the lives
04:39of law enforcement. And this FBI will never allow the lives of law enforcement and our prosecutors
04:44to be put in jeopardy. This execution was flawless in terms of teamwork, resilience,
04:51and just a good old fashioned way of police getting the job done. When you let good cops be cops,
04:58this is what happens. I'm eternally grateful to the team behind me, to the leadership at the FBI who
05:04made this possible. But I do want to highlight when I introduce the deputy, he made this case and so
05:10many others, including Summer Heat, his priority to come in here and solve it for the American people.
05:16And today, I'm proud to stay in here before you and say, we solved it. He will have his day in court.
05:23The American public and the world will learn even more information through the legal process,
05:27as we have committed under this Attorney General. We are the most transparent law enforcement
05:32operation in U.S. history. But we are also going to make sure accountability is delivered to its fullest
05:37extent. And that happens in the courts of law with our U.S. attorneys and our prosecutors.
05:42So we will divulge information when it is prudent and constitutionally permissible,
05:46while upholding the safeguards of this case, to make sure that the people that this individual
05:51intended to victimize, get the accountability they deserve. And most importantly, to deliver on
05:56President Trump's promise to secure our nation's capital and the rest of the cities in this country,
06:01to make sure that Americans are allowed to go out free and securely in their neighborhoods,
06:06and that people around the world are allowed to visit our nation's capital,
06:10and they now have that trust, thanks to the leadership of the FBI, the Washington field
06:14office. And I'm honored now to introduce to you Deputy Director Bongino, who spearheaded this
06:18investigation.
06:19Thank you all for being here for this critical investigation we've been working on for a
06:27very long time. We deeply appreciate it. Thank you for the kind words, Attorney General and
06:32Director. I appreciate it. Folks, this is what it's like when you work for a president who tells you to
06:37go get the bad guys and stop focusing on other extraneous things not related to law enforcement.
06:42This is what happens. We had a great team. I know it's said a lot in this business. It was a team
06:47effort. It becomes cliche, but cliches are useful for a reason, because they matter. And this was a team
06:52effort. The Director and the Attorney General emphasized that it was not a new public tip this came
06:58from. This was our internal work at the FBI. And I want to just really express my sincere gratitude to this
07:06Attorney General and this President for allowing us the latitude. I spoke with Ms. Bondi very early,
07:12when we have maybe day two. And I said, we're going to get this guy. And she said, yes, you are.
07:18And we did. I want to also thank, he's not here, but Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche,
07:23who we deal with often as well, who could not have been more supportive. Whatever process we need,
07:28Judge Jeanine, Todd, and Attorney General Bondi, they were there. All you had to do,
07:34they were a phone call away. And their team was amazing. We actually never had to make that phone
07:38call because they were always responsive. Thank you, Judge, as well. You were amazing.
07:43Folks, you're not going to walk into our capital city, put down two explosive devices,
07:50and walk off in the sunset. Not going to happen. We were going to track this person to the end of the
07:56earth. There was no way he was getting away. Well, we didn't have to track him to the end of the earth.
08:01It wound up in Woodbridge, Virginia. I want to thank the team. They were amazing. They never let this go.
08:08Again, Attorney General Bondi, for your incredible support. Director Patel, Judge,
08:14I know they're giving me a lot of unnecessary credit, but make no mistake, they were intimately
08:19involved in this and were there for all of those supportive mechanisms. And I deeply appreciate it.
08:25The man whose team did the work is the assistant director in charge of our Washington field office,
08:30Darren Cox. Darren's got some comments and Darren has some more details on the case he can provide.
08:37So thank you all for coming. We appreciate it.
08:42Hi, good afternoon. I'm Darren Cox. I'm the assistant director in charge of the Washington field office.
08:46Today's arrest of the alleged DC pipe bomber is a momentous day for the American public,
08:55for the FBI, for our Joint Terrorism Task Force, or the JTTF, and our partners, the U.S. Capitol Police,
09:03Metropolitan Police Department, and ATF. We've also had a large number of other federal,
09:09state and local departments that have worked on this investigation, and last but not least,
09:14the U.S. Attorney's Office. We all worked hand-in-hand to solve this investigation.
09:21This has been a long week in DC. After the terrorist attack last week, the grit and determination of the
09:30FBI and our law enforcement partners is an example to the American public of what cooperation,
09:37partnership, and selfless service can accomplish. The amount of effort the FBI and our partners
09:45devoted to identifying the pipe bomber cannot be overstated. It is the resolve and determination
09:54of our investigators that ultimately led to the identification and the arrest of this suspect.
10:01We all know pipe bombs are dangerous, not because of the potential loss of life, damage to property,
10:11or injury that they can cause, but also because they are tools that terrorize our community.
10:19Fortunately, these bombs did not explode, although they certainly could have. But make no mistake,
10:26the alleged pipe bomber did terrorize our community. Today's actions underscore the long memory and the
10:35long reach of the FBI and our partners. I know some people had given up on finding the perpetrator,
10:45but not the FBI and not our partners. We do not forget, we do not give up, and we do not relent.
10:52Though it had been nearly five years, our team continued to churn through massive amounts of data and tips
11:02that we used to identify this suspect. I want to thank Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino for their leadership
11:13and for providing us the resources and the personnel to reevaluate all of the data that we had.
11:19We dove into more than three million lines of data to come up with this suspect.
11:26Director Patel, Deputy Director Bongino, thank you for your support, thank you for your passion,
11:33and thank you for your investment in this investigation. From me on behalf of the investigators,
11:40the Washington field office, and all of our partners, thank you. I'd also like to thank Judge Pirro.
11:47Judge, your team and you are absolutely amazing. You're the type of prosecutors and U.S. attorneys,
11:54U.S. attorney that all of the investigators across the country want to work with. They're hard-nosed
12:00and they're aggressive, and thank you for that. I'd also like to thank the American public. The American
12:07public for providing tips and leads, not just on this case, but every day on cases across the country that
12:14are being solved by law enforcement. And finally, I want to commend all of the members of the Washington
12:21field office, and most specifically, the investigative team. Their diligence and persistence led to this
12:30arrest today, and they are absolutely, totally dedicated not only to this case, but every case they
12:36work. So thank you, Washington field office. Last, I will say our work is not done. The FBI will continue to
12:44pursue every lead and use every resource that we have to ensure that the D.C. pipe bomber is brought to
12:51justice. Thank you.
12:57You keep hearing the words partnership and team, and that's what we are. And we could not do this
13:03without our U.S. Attorney Janine Pirro. Janine, from day one, has worked tirelessly for our country and for
13:11our nation's capital. It's my honor to introduce my friend, U.S. Attorney Janine Pirro.
13:18Thank you very much, Attorney General. And you have been listening to a lot of thank yous and a lot of
13:24gratitude. The reason that we're thanking each other to the extent that we are today
13:31is because we have seen in this case an incredible collaboration around the clock in the middle of
13:40the night. It doesn't matter. We call each other. We make contact. They need a warrant. They need
13:47something. Someone wants legal advice. These are the men and women who never give it up. You hear about
13:56government employees. But I don't know if you really realize what it is that they do. They are incredible.
14:05And this case is big. Four years, 10 months, and 28 days ago, an individual placed a bomb in the
14:14vicinity of both the RNC and the DNC. And for that amount of time, that individual evaded accountability.
14:23Today, as a result of the cumulative efforts of the men and women in the FBI and the Police Department
14:32and the Department of Justice, we are finally able to make an arrest of an individual by the name of
14:39Brian Cole. As the Attorney General has indicated, he is arrested for transporting an explosive device
14:47in interstate commerce, as well as the attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials.
14:55You know, folks, this case involved millions of pieces of data. And it is a huge win because it was like
15:05finding a needle in a haystack. So much of this evidence was very specific, but a lot of it was also
15:16very general. For example, there were 233,000 black end caps of the type that were used in this case.
15:28I want you to think about the fact that the FBI had to go through the sale of every one of them
15:36to try to find commonality with an individual along with the purchase of the pipe itself,
15:45the cap ends, the wires, the steel, and the nine-volt batteries. Every one of those had to be mined
15:53and re-mined to the point where we were able to then connect. And make no mistake, it was this
16:01administration, it was this president who made the decision that we were going to use all of our
16:08efforts to get it done. And get it done, they did. Finally, let me say this.
16:16Today begins the formal process of accountability, where this defendant will begin his journey
16:23through the criminal justice system. And I pledge to you that the United States Attorney's Office
16:31will take this case across the finish line. Again, thank you to the incredible work of the FBI,
16:39to the Attorney General, and to our local partners as well. This is a job that I think was well done.
16:49Thank you. President Trump's directive to all of us was to not only make America safe again,
16:55but D.C., and to make it safe and beautiful. We could not have done that without our partnership
17:01with Mayor Bowser and Chief Smith. It is my honor to introduce Metropolitan Police Department Chief Smith.
17:08Good afternoon, and thank you, everyone. I am Chief Pamela Smith, Chief of Police of the Metropolitan
17:17Police Department. Thank you, Attorney General Bondi, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro,
17:24and FBI Director Patel for having me here today. For nearly five years, the agency standing here today
17:31have worked together under the leadership of the FBI to locate our suspect who is responsible
17:37for the two pipe bombs that were placed around our city. MPD members assigned to the FBI's Joint
17:42Terrorism Task Force have supported this case from the beginning. That supports include looking,
17:49reviewing, and going through countless, probably thousands of hours of CCTV footage from around the
17:56DNC and RNC headquarters, and they followed up on hundreds and thousands of leads from members of our
18:03communities. What I will say today is that Washingtonians can rest easier today knowing that
18:09the suspect responsible for this act is now in custody. This morning's arrest is yet another reminder
18:17that committing any act with the intention of harming the residents and visitors of the District of
18:22Columbia will result in your arrest. The men and women of the Metropolitan Police Department,
18:28the FBI, the ATF, the U.S. Capitol Police, and certainly the prosecutors at our U.S. Attorney's
18:35Office will go to the furthest length. I heard somebody say to the end of the earth, but thank
18:40God we didn't have to go to the end of the earth today that we were able to bring this subject into
18:45custody. I want to commend the men and women of the FBI and the members of the Metropolitan Police
18:51Department and all of the agencies who are standing behind me today on a job well done. I will turn it
18:57over now to Attorney General Bundy. We're going to take some questions. Just remember, as I said in
19:03the beginning, this is ongoing. It's very active. The search warrants are still being executed.
19:09Many charges potentially to come. So just keep that in mind when asking your questions.
19:17So you said it had been nearly five years, we all know that, and that you said there had been no new
19:22evidence. So can you say anything about the evidence that actually did lead to this arrest?
19:26And then secondarily, you're talking about additional charges possibly? Can you say
19:31what those you might be considering or terrorism charges or what?
19:34We can't discuss new charges, of course, yet ongoing. But what I will say is why this was
19:40so incredibly important more than any other case is this is in our nation's capital where this happened.
19:46And now, thanks to the FBI, we know that this defendant was living just miles away from here
19:52in Virginia. So as to the evidence in the case, I'm going to let Director Patel take that. But it's
19:58still very active and very ongoing. Thank you, General. And as I stated earlier,
20:05and as the General has already reiterated, our job is to provide full accountability in the court of law
20:10with Judge Pirro's team. And in order to do that, we have to preserve the chain of custody and evidentiary
20:15value. What I will say generally is that when you go through three million lines of information,
20:21y'all can think about the amount of cell phone data that has to be ingested and triangulated and
20:25dumped and received. You also have to think of just sheer human ingenuity. We brought in a team of
20:31experts who were the best at what they do in their specific fields to reevaluate that evidence,
20:36to dive back in and to not come back with a no for an answer until they had found the suspect.
20:41And when you develop evidence, you get a search warrant. And when you get a search warrant,
20:45you get an address. And when you get an address, you hit the house. And that's what we did.
20:52Hi there. So what can you tell us about this person's motivations and whether they were
20:57driven by politics or any other for any other reason why? Right now it's ongoing. Again,
21:03we just executed the search warrant early, early this morning. It's ongoing. But America's safer,
21:09D.C. is safer because he's in custody. Mary Margaret. Thank you so much. So any theory
21:17on why Kamala Harris is never mentioned coming within 20 feet of being assassinated and any news
21:22on why her Secret Service team took so long to find this bomb at the DNC? No, but what I will tell you is
21:29that evidence has been sitting there collecting dust. This wasn't a new tip. It wasn't some new
21:37evidence. It was the hard work of President Trump's administration, Deputy Director Bongino and
21:44Director Patel. I watched them from day one come in here and say, we are going to solve this crime. And
21:52they did working hand in hand with U.S. Attorney Pirro and all of our great attorneys.
21:59Pierre, have you seen? General Bondi, Director Patel or Deputy Director Bongino. Can you describe,
22:06was there a particular moment where the evidence is coming in and it's starting to look like progress
22:13is being made? What was the moment that you knew that you were on the road to solving the case?
22:20I was smiling at you because I certainly remember the moment. Darren remembers it too.
22:31He said, are you sitting down? He called me on the phone. I said, oh boy, why? Is this bad news?
22:37And he said, I think we got him. What exactly that tip was, we're going to have to pass on that for
22:46right now while we're still there's obviously we're in the prologue of a long book. This is just
22:51the beginning. This is not the end of the investigation. As you all well know, I haven't
22:55reported on these for a long time. There's interviews to be conducted. The search warrant
23:00processing scene is not even done. So we're at the early stages. So that's the only reason I hesitate
23:05to tell you what the exact tip was. But yes, that was absolutely the moment. And it was due to the
23:11diligent and incredible work of a team in the Washington field office that came in and just
23:17scoured through this over and over and over and over again. In general, was it forensic? Was it
23:24a phone call? Was it something about a vehicle? I'd rather we'll just leave it generally forensic
23:31evidence. Yeah, it's fair enough to say. Excuse me? How long ago that was? I'd rather not say because of
23:39the ongoing interview process. I just want to add something to tell you how thorough this team was,
23:47that that moment that was kind of like the aha moment. That wasn't the end. This team continued
23:55to work and work and work to get every bit of evidence that we could get. We didn't stop at that
24:02moment. And that's a testament to the fact that the team wanted every possible evidence piece of evidence
24:08that they could gather. Thank you so much. Have you recovered the notable sneakers?
24:20Have you done surveillance of this suspect from that aha moment to when you exercised the search
24:28warrants today? And obviously this happened on January 5th into January 6th. How should the public
24:35look at this case separate from all of the cases related to what transpired on January 6th and the
24:42president's subsequent parties? I'm going to let Director Patel take the evidence part. We have to
24:46be careful again. You've asked very good investigative questions, but this is ongoing, very active. But
24:54America should feel safer today. We say a pipe bomb. These are bombs. These were live active bombs that were
25:00replaced in Washington, D.C. Director. Thank you. This shows you how much detail you and the American
25:08public have paid attention to this case. Of course, we analyzed everything that you're seeing on this
25:14poster board and information that you will see through the formal charging process and court process.
25:20But we want to let that evidence speak for itself because, again, we do not want to disrupt the
25:26accountability that we owe the American public. Yes, you heard about the cell phone tower data. Yes,
25:30you heard about, of course, we surveil individuals who we think we're going to blow up American citizens.
25:35But how and when we do it and why we do it is not something we're ever going to reveal unless the
25:39Department of Justice deems it fit at trial. So we appreciate your attention to detail and your
25:45hardcore investigative work. But you can just imagine some of those same skills are being utilized by this
25:49FBI, this Department of Justice, our partners, the ATF and everybody across the board. And this is an
25:55interagency win for the American people. Thank you all. And one more thing,
26:01this is the best birthday present I think Deputy Director Bongino could ask for today.
26:06Happy holidays. Merry Christmas. Thank you.
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