The Great America Update: December 4, 2025
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Summary
After nearly 5 years, a suspect has been arrested in connection to the January 5th, 2020 attack on the DNC headquarters and the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. Also, a grand jury refuses to indict Letitia James for mortgage fraud, a federal appeals court halts a lower court ruling that would have ended President Trump's National Guard deployment in D. C., and more!
Transcript
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Hello everybody, I'm John Foss with this Great America Show midday update for Thursday, December 4th.
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You're probably wondering what the heck I'm talking about.
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Well, after nearly five years, the January 6th pipe barmer was finally arrested earlier this afternoon.
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Brian Cole, 30 years old, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was taken into custody and charged with uses of an explosive device
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and attempted malicious destruction by means of an explosive materials.
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Cole planted pipe bombs, allegedly, of course, at the RNC and the DNC headquarters on January 5th, the night before the Capitol riots.
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FBI Director Cash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino said during a press conference
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that the FBI solved this case without any new tips or witnesses.
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The FBI identified Cole based on his phone pings and transaction history on his credit cards, according to the affidavit.
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The FBI had identified one bank check and an account, six credit cards used by Cole.
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The FBI obtained records for the checking accounts and three credit cards for the time period between January of 2018 to January of 2021.
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Three additional credit cards were obtained for that time period of 18 of January to November of 2025.
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The FBI reviewed the transaction history for all these accounts.
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During 2019 and 2020, Cole purchased multiple items consistent with the components that were used to manufacture the pipe bombs
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Cole used those accounts to purchase these items from both physical retail locations in Northern Virginia.
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Some of those items that were purchased, a 1x8 galvanized pipe markings consistent with the particular manufacturer product labeling
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that they found on the ones at the RNC and DNC.
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He purchased a total of six galvanized pipes of this size and this shape on or about June 8th of that year
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and November 16th of 2020, so six months to just about two months before the incident.
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These purchases were made at different Home Depot locations in Northern Virginia.
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According to the pipe manufacturer, approximately 26,000 of these items from the pipe manufacturer were sold in 2020
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Now, they went through multiple components, the end caps, the batteries.
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Maybe they can start to recuperate their name and their legacy.
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But this is, as we heard from Kash Patel, good old-fashioned FBI work.
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Nothing new, nothing sophisticated, just good old-fashioned work where they went through thousands and thousands of documents,
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thousands and thousands of credit card statements to find out where and who and link it all together.
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I mean, as I said, and as they said, just some old-fashioned FBI work.
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And just moments ago, folks, a grand jury refusing to indict Letitia James for mortgage fraud,
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a federal grand jury, as I said moments ago, in Norfolk, Virginia, refused to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James
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James was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia in September,
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charged with two crimes, bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution.
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The charges related to her mortgage loan on her property that she owns in Norfolk, Virginia,
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Now, a federal grand jury in Norfolk refusing to indict her once again.
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I mean, if this were Donald Trump, he would have been indicted about 16 times since the case was thrown out.
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Yet, Letitia James, Big Tish James, will walk free.
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A federal appeals court this afternoon also pausing a lower court's order
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that would have ended President Trump's National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily pausing Judge Gia Cobb's order
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that would have ended the troop deployment by December 11th.
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Gia Cobb is a Biden appointee last month, freezing that deployment, saying it's illegal.
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However, Cobb pausing her own ruling until December 11th to give Trump and his administration time to appeal her decision.
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And the Marxist damn rogue judges, folks, they just keep on coming and keep on coming and keep on coming.
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I mean, it's absolutely absurd and absolutely ridiculous.
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the Somalian, has glaring ties to the $1 billion Somalian food fraud scam in Minnesota.
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You know, the one that has got everyone up in arms.
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It's been reported 70 members of the Somalian community in Minnesota were involved in stealing $250 million in COVID funds
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Millions of dollars were stolen from the American taxpayers sent overseas to Somalia,
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Imagine that, the Somalians stealing something.
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Seven Democrats were tried in connection with the scheme on charges
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related to stealing more than $40 million in taxpayer funds.
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However, the FBI is still investigating an attempt by a Somalian woman to bribe one of the jurors
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I guess you gotta just wonder and use your imagination, as they say.
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