
CNN's Jake Tapper calls DC pipe bomb suspect 'White man' shortly before airing photo of alleged Black culprit
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper incorrectly described pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. as a "30-year-old White man from the DC suburbs" while covering his arrest.
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Tapper kicked off Thursday's installment of "The Lead" by addressing the arrest.
"After nearly five years of investigation, the FBI finally announced that they had arrested a suspect, a suspect accused of planting pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters the night before the January 6th, 2021 Capitol attack," Tapper told viewers, "Brian Cole Jr., a 30-year-old White man from the D.C. suburbs, is charged with transporting an explosive device in interstate commerce and with malicious destruction by means of explosion."

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