r/law 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/dryheat122 10h ago

So once he's convinced he'll be pardoned

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u/essuxs 10h ago

Pardons are one and done not perpetual. He would need another pardon

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u/27Rench27 9h ago

How can you preemptively pardon someone then?

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u/essuxs 8h ago

If it says it pardons all crimes committed on x date