A federal magistrate judge said he will soon decide whether the man accused of planting the pipe bombs in Washington the night before the 2021 attack on the Capitol should remain in custody pending a trial.
Judge Matthew J. Sharbaugh of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declined to make an immediate ruling on Brian Cole Jr. at a hearing Tuesday but said he hoped to make a ruling within the next day or so.
Sharbaugh asked probing questions of both prosecutors and Cole’s defense attorneys and at one point heard from Cole’s grandmother, who could be assigned to oversee Cole if he was released pending trial, with the judge asking certain details about her residence.
