"Cole was first charged in December 2025—months after the President’s proclamation," the judge observed. "He therefore did not have 'pending indictments' at the time of the President’s directive." The post 'The pardon does not apply to him': Federal judge rejects bid by Jan.

President Donald Trump ’s mass pardons for supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol don’t apply to a Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs near the national headquarters of the Democratic and R...