(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Brian Cole Jr., who’s accused of planting two pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC headquarters the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest, was federally indicted on Tuesday—putting an end to the controversy over whether he’d be released from jail.
Cole’s attorneys had been trying to have him released from prison because Justice Department prosecutors didn’t secure an indictment before the DC federal grand jury closed for the holidays starting on Dec. 19. The DOJ did secure an indictment last week from the local DC Superior Court, but Cole’s lawyers said the local indictment was invalid because it circumvented the federal grand jury process.
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