Did the man charged with planting pipe bombs found near the Republican and Democratic headquarters in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, sue the Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security over illegal immigration? No, that's not true: Legal disputes referenced in a Daily Wire article making that claim confused suspect Brian Cole Jr. with his father Brian Cole Sr. It also misrepresented the nature of the legal disputes, which did not involve illegal immigration policies and were separated by several years from the pipe bomb discovery.

The claim originated in an article published by the Daily Wire on December 4, 2025, titled "Alleged D.C. Pipe Bomber Sued Trump DHS Over Illegal Immigration, Asked Biden DOJ To Address Racism" (archived here) which opened:

Brian Cole, Jr. ran a bail bonds company that worked to free illegal immigrants from ICE facilities and sued the Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security.Weeks before Cole allegedly planted pipe bombs found at the headquarters of the Democrat and Republican parties on January 6, 2021, a court ruled against his lawsuit suing the Trump administration on immigration issues, The Daily Wire has learned.Later that year, Cole held a press conference bemoaning anti-black racism with a left-wing attorney.Cole and Benjamin Crump, who represented the family of Trayvon Martin, attempted to sic the Biden Department of Justice on a Tennessee prosecutor who had raised questions about a bail bond company...

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