DOJ rein­dicts DC pipe bomb sus­pect after FBI con­fes­sion tran­script released

The Depart­ment of Jus­tice rein­dict­ed accused pipe bomb sus­pect Bri­an Cole Jr., dou­bling the num­ber of felony counts against him days after his lawyers released a tran­script of the FBI inter­view in which he con­fessed to plant­i­ng two devices out­side the nation­al par­ty head­quar­ters before Jan. 6, 2021.
A fed­er­al grand jury returned an eight-count indict­ment Wednes­day that charged Cole sep­a­rate­ly for each bomb. The ear­li­er four-count indict­ment grouped the devices found out­side the Repub­li­can Nation­al Com­mit­tee and Demo­c­ra­t­ic Nation­al Com­mit­tee head­quar­ters togeth­er under each charge. The super­sed­ing indict­ment was expect­ed, and Cole was in court on Thurs­day for his arraign­ment, accord­ing to a court cal­en­dar.

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