The Media Knew J6 Pipe Bomber ‘Trump Supporter’ Narrative Was False All Along

AftertheTrumpadministrationannouncedthearrestof30-year-oldBrianColeJr.fortheJ6pipebombs,welearnedthattheevidenceneededtoidentifythesuspecthadbeenavailableforyears,sothelegacypressscrambledtoprotecttheBidenadministrationfromembarrassment.Theyleanedonaconvenientdeflection,insistingColewasaTrumpsupporterdrivenbyelection-fraudclaims.Thatstorylinehasbeendebunked,butnowit’sclearthemediapushedanarrativeknowingitwasfalse. ColewasarrestedThursdaymorning,andbythatevening,we’dlearnedquiteabitabouthim.Forinstance,hewasemployedathisfamily’sbail-bondbusiness,whichsuedtheTrumpadministrationoverimmigrationpolicyandwasentangledinleft-leaningactivism.Publicrecordsshowhisfamilyhadatrackrecordofdefendingillegalimmigrantsandchallengingimmigrationenforcement—hardlythebackgroundonewouldexpectforaTrumpsupporter. WecalledoutthebogusnarrativehereatPJMediaquickly,butthenarrativewaseventuallydebunkedwhenfamilymembersdescribedColea