DC pipe bomber defendant Brian Cole Jr. seeks to appeal for pretrial release

The man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic national committee headquarters ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection has moved to challenge a federal district court’s decision keeping him jailed as his case proceeds.

Defense attorneys for Brian Cole Jr. on Tuesday formally notified the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that their client intends to appeal his continued detention to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, seeking to overturn rulings denying him pretrial release.

The notice of appeal targets two orders, including a Jan. 16 order denying review of a federal magistrate judge’s rejection of Cole’s request for release, and a subsequent Jan. 29 district judge’s minute order detaining him pending trial.

Cole remains behind bars after U.S.