Judge Rejects Trump Pardon Claim | Washington DC News

Washington DC News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 7, 2026 · 1m

Brian Cole Junior, accused of planting pipe bombs at RNC and DNC headquarters in January 2021, faced a wild legal twist when his lawyer tried to argue Trump’s January 6th pardon covered his actions. The defense claimed the bombs were “related to” the Capitol riot since they were found on the sixth — but Judge Amir H. Ali shut that down, ruling the pardon was narrowly tied to events at the Capitol that day and didn’t extend to Cole’s charges. With no conviction yet at the time of the pardon, the judge made it clear: Cole’s actions were outside the pardon’s scope, and he’s still facing serious…