Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 rioters don’t apply to DC pipe bomb suspect, judge rules

A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 rioters do not apply to Brian J. Cole Jr., a Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the night before the Capitol attack. The judge noted that Cole was not convicted of any crimes when the pardons were issued, and the pardons explicitly targeted those convicted in the Jan. 6 attack.