DNC Pipe-bomber ARRESTED, plus Three Days at the WH-Medals of Honor, Trump Accounts & Lowering Auto Prices

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Politics, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Pipe Bomber Arrest (Main News Story)
- After nearly five years, the FBI arrested Brian J. Cole Jr., accused of planting pipe bombs near the DNC and RNC headquarters on January 5, 2021.
- The discussion criticizes the Biden administration for delaying the investigation despite having evidence early on.
- Quotes from Pam Bondi and Dan Bongino emphasize that the arrest was achieved through renewed focus under the Trump administration, not new tips.
- Raises questions about accountability for prior DOJ and FBI leadership.
Three Major White House Events
- Monday: Signing of the Medals Act, authored by Cruz, which triples the monthly stipend for Medal of Honor recipients from $1,400 to $5,600.
- Tuesday: Launch of Trump Accounts, a financial initiative aimed at creating investment accounts for every child in America, seeded with $1,000 and allowing contributions up to $5,000 annually. Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion to support this program.
- Wednesday: Announcement of rolling back CAFE standards and EV mandates to reduce car prices and improve safety. The policy aims to lower costs, increase consumer choice, and restore steel in car manufacturing for safety.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.6	Welcome, it is Vertiquist, Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you, and it's so nice to have you
0:10.3	with us.
0:10.7	If you're listening on a radio station around the country, welcome.
0:13.7	We do this show as a reminder as a podcast as well, so you can grab that podcast three
0:18.4	days a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, especially if you're
0:21.1	listening to us on radio stations across the country center. We have got a lot to talk about in this show,
0:26.4	including a major breakthrough in the pipe bomb case in D.C. Well, after nearly five years, the
0:32.7	pipe bomber, the alleged pipe bomber who planted pipe bombs at the DNC and the RNC on January 5th, 2021, has been arrested.
0:43.7	The FBI announced they've arrested him.
0:45.5	The Department of Justice announced they've arrested him.
0:48.6	His name is Brian J. Cole Jr., 30 years old of Woodridge, Virginia. He was arrested. The FBI laid out
0:58.0	considerable evidence they have. It raises the immediate question, why the heck did this take
1:02.1	five years to find this guy? Because the evidence they had, it sounds like they've had for a long,
1:07.5	long time, which obviously begs the question, what was the Biden Department of
1:13.0	Justice doing that they were not arresting this guy? We're going to break all that down for you.
1:17.2	We're also going to talk about three major events I had this week at the White House.
1:23.3	Monday I was at the White House where the president signed a bill, the metal act that I authored into law. Tuesday I was at the White House where the president signed a bill, the metal act that I authored into law.
1:28.6	Tuesday, I was at the White House where the president and I both were joined with Michael Dell,
1:34.2	who gave $6.5 billion to kids of America to put into Trump accounts.
1:41.2	It was incredible generosity.
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