‘Like it or not’: Attorneys say Trump pardon applies to Jan. 6 pipe bomber
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.
The man accused of planting pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic national committee headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 riot is asking a federal judge to dismiss the case against him, arguing that President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon for Capitol riot defendants applies to his alleged conduct.
Attorneys for Brian Cole Jr. filed a 23-page motion Monday evening contending that the charges are “inextricably and demonstrably tethered” to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and therefore fall within the scope of Trump’s clemency.
A courtroom sketch of Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, the man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties on Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, being sworn in, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, before U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya, at Federal Court in Washington, as U.S. Attorney Charles Jones, seated left, and Defense Attorney John Shoreman, seated center, look on. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)
“The Pardon—like it or not—applies to Mr. Cole, based on the ordinary and plain meaning of the Pardon’s language as applied to the relevant facts in this case,” the attorneys, Mario Williams and John Shoreman, wrote in a motion to U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, an appointee of former President Joe Biden. “Wherefore, for the reasons stated above, Mr. Cole requests that this Motion be granted and the charges against him dismissed, in their entirety.”
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Cole was charged late last year with interstate transportation of explosives and attempted use of explosives after investigators identified him as a suspect nearly five years after the devices were planted. The bombs, discovered on Jan. 6 near the RNC and DNC headquarters, did not detonate, though the FBI has said they were viable.
The motion tees up a key legal question about the scope of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons that defense lawyers hope will be their client’s saving grace. Cole has pleaded not guilty to charges of interstate transportation of explosives and attempted use of explosives, charges that carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison if convicted.
Trump’s January proclamation last year granted clemency to individuals convicted of offenses “related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021,” and directed the Justice Department to dismiss pending cases tied to those events. The proclamation covered …
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.
The man accused of planting pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic national committee headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 riot is asking a federal judge to dismiss the case against him, arguing that President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon for Capitol riot defendants applies to his alleged conduct.
Attorneys for Brian Cole Jr. filed a 23-page motion Monday evening contending that the charges are “inextricably and demonstrably tethered” to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and therefore fall within the scope of Trump’s clemency.
A courtroom sketch of Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, the man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties on Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, being sworn in, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, before U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya, at Federal Court in Washington, as U.S. Attorney Charles Jones, seated left, and Defense Attorney John Shoreman, seated center, look on. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)
“The Pardon—like it or not—applies to Mr. Cole, based on the ordinary and plain meaning of the Pardon’s language as applied to the relevant facts in this case,” the attorneys, Mario Williams and John Shoreman, wrote in a motion to U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, an appointee of former President Joe Biden. “Wherefore, for the reasons stated above, Mr. Cole requests that this Motion be granted and the charges against him dismissed, in their entirety.”
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Cole was charged late last year with interstate transportation of explosives and attempted use of explosives after investigators identified him as a suspect nearly five years after the devices were planted. The bombs, discovered on Jan. 6 near the RNC and DNC headquarters, did not detonate, though the FBI has said they were viable.
The motion tees up a key legal question about the scope of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons that defense lawyers hope will be their client’s saving grace. Cole has pleaded not guilty to charges of interstate transportation of explosives and attempted use of explosives, charges that carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison if convicted.
Trump’s January proclamation last year granted clemency to individuals convicted of offenses “related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021,” and directed the Justice Department to dismiss pending cases tied to those events. The proclamation covered …
‘Like it or not’: Attorneys say Trump pardon applies to Jan. 6 pipe bomber
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.
The man accused of planting pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic national committee headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 riot is asking a federal judge to dismiss the case against him, arguing that President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon for Capitol riot defendants applies to his alleged conduct.
Attorneys for Brian Cole Jr. filed a 23-page motion Monday evening contending that the charges are “inextricably and demonstrably tethered” to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and therefore fall within the scope of Trump’s clemency.
A courtroom sketch of Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, the man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties on Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, being sworn in, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, before U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya, at Federal Court in Washington, as U.S. Attorney Charles Jones, seated left, and Defense Attorney John Shoreman, seated center, look on. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)
“The Pardon—like it or not—applies to Mr. Cole, based on the ordinary and plain meaning of the Pardon’s language as applied to the relevant facts in this case,” the attorneys, Mario Williams and John Shoreman, wrote in a motion to U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, an appointee of former President Joe Biden. “Wherefore, for the reasons stated above, Mr. Cole requests that this Motion be granted and the charges against him dismissed, in their entirety.”
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Cole was charged late last year with interstate transportation of explosives and attempted use of explosives after investigators identified him as a suspect nearly five years after the devices were planted. The bombs, discovered on Jan. 6 near the RNC and DNC headquarters, did not detonate, though the FBI has said they were viable.
The motion tees up a key legal question about the scope of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons that defense lawyers hope will be their client’s saving grace. Cole has pleaded not guilty to charges of interstate transportation of explosives and attempted use of explosives, charges that carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison if convicted.
Trump’s January proclamation last year granted clemency to individuals convicted of offenses “related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021,” and directed the Justice Department to dismiss pending cases tied to those events. The proclamation covered …
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