WASHINGTON -  A Virginia man accused of planting two pipe bombs in Washington, DC on the night before the U.S. Capitol protest on Jan. 6, 2021 will remain jailed on federal charges without bond for at least another 10 days, a judge determined on December 5th.   Brian Cole Jr., of Woodbridge, a city roughly 25 miles from Washington, appeared for his first court appearance in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on explosives-related charges just one day after his arrest.

Cole, 30, is accused of placing two pipe bombs near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees on the night of Jan. 5, 2021, the FBI previously said.  It has been reported by a few media sources, that Cole had admitted to placing the pipe bombs there. The explosives did not detonate and no one was hurt.  Cole faces one count of unlawfully transporting an explosive device with a plan either to kill, injure or intimidate a person or to unlawfully destruct property, and a second count of malicious destruction or attempt to destruct with an explosive device.  If Cole is convicted, the first count carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, while the second count carries five to 20 years in prison.   Cole is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.