Jeanine Pirro

He was disappointed to a great deal in the system, both sides of the system.

And for me as a prosecutor, my job is to prove what his intent was in placing those pipe bombs and what he intended to do and what we can prove.

And we can prove that.

Good afternoon.

As you all know now, early this morning, Brian Cole Jr.

was arrested and charged with placing the pipe bombs at the RNC and the DNC on January 5th, 2021.

He has been charged with violating 18 USC 844, which is use of an explosive device.

This investigation is ongoing.

As we speak, search warrants are being executed and there could be more charges to come.

I'm going to let our U.S.

Attorney discuss that shortly.

This was the work of multiple agencies working together.

This morning's operation was carried out safely and successfully.

We know that there is

There are so many issues when you're issuing search warrants.

Dangerous things can happen and this was carried out safely and securely thanks to all of the people standing around me.

They have worked tirelessly on this.

Today's arrest happened because the Trump administration has made this case a priority.

The total lack of movement on this case in our nation's capital undermined the public trust of our enforcement agencies.

This cold case languished for four years until Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino came to the FBI.