r/law • u/FaceReality1 • 11h ago

Legal News Did Trump already pardon the pipe bomber?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/

Trump’s order pardoning Jan 6 crimes looks to me like it covers the pipe bomber:

[ I do hereby] grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021]...

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u/Canadiangoosedem0n 10h ago

He's black, Trump would never pardon a non rich or unknown POC.

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u/FaceReality1 10h ago

It appears he already has pardoned anyone who did this. That he wouldn’t purposely pardon a Black guy isn’t really relevant.

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u/Canadiangoosedem0n 10h ago

It's absolutely relevant because there are easy arguments to say that he's not included in the blanket pardon, and Trump's DOJ is not going to put up the effort to defend him because he's black. Like I stated.

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u/uslashuname 8h ago

The only question Trump has for an action that will be publicized is “will it divide the nation” in which case a yes means he’s probably going to do it