WATCH: CNN’s Jake Tapper calls black pipe-bomb suspect a ‘white man’
Much media coverage of the arrest of a man for placing pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., in 2021 has focused on the length of time it took to nab a suspect and the vigor with which the FBI under President Trump investigated the case.
But CNN’s Jake Tapper’s report about the arrest raised eyebrows online after he identified Brian Cole Jr. as a “30-year-old white man.” Cole is black.
WATCH:
CNN’s Jake Tapper labels the J6 pipe bomber suspect Brian Cole a “30 year old WHITE man.”
You can’t make this stuff up.
pic.twitter.com/BHSfoaH1Ln— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 5, 2025