22 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

Per NY Times:

 

Mr. Trump, in one of his first official acts after returning to the White House this year, issued a grant of clemency to the nearly 1,600 rioters charged in connection with the Capitol attack. His proclamation was extraordinarily broad, covering all defendants accused or convicted of “offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.”

 

It is possible that defense lawyers will try to argue that the placing of the pipe bombs should also be covered by Mr. Trump’s proclamation.

Given that Janine pirro now confirms that the pipe bomb terrorist was doing it the protest the elections, it looks like he pretty much has a slam dunk case.

Well I'll be damned!😄

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/bongino-stuns-frank-admission-fox-160100513.html

 

 

"“Listen, I was paid in the past, Sean, for my opinions. That’s clear. And one day I will be back in that space, but that’s not what I’m paid for now. I’m paid to be your deputy director, and we base investigations on facts.”"

10 hours ago, riclag said:

He confessed to the crime according to the NYP, Videos show him with his phone talking to someone.

 

“We still have a lot of questions that they’re working with us on,” Loudermilk told reporters. “I was told that some of the work that we did and some of the information that we shared with them was crucial in breaking the case.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/04/january-6-pipebomb-suspect-arrest-00676412

No motive yet , December 15 court proceedings will bring more  light to the suspected Anarchist motives.

 

Google ai overview:

"Motive and Background: While law enforcement sources have indicated Cole confessed to planting the bombs and held anarchist views, officials have yet to publicly disclose a definitive motive. His political beliefs and potential motives are a subject of intense public and media speculation. Information regarding his background is expected to emerge as the case proceeds through court". 

1 hour ago, Alan Zweibel said:

Given that Janine pirro now confirms that the pipe bomb terrorist was doing it the protest the elections, it looks like he pretty much has a slam dunk case.

The bombs were planted before the riots. 

4 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

The bombs were planted before the riots. 

Mr. Trump, in one of his first official acts after returning to the White House this year, issued a grant of clemency to the nearly 1,600 rioters charged in connection with the Capitol attack. His proclamation was extraordinarily broad, covering all defendants accused or convicted of “offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.”

I don't know if this took place on January 6th. But if it did, a strong case could be made that it was covered.

1 minute ago, Alan Zweibel said:

Mr. Trump, in one of his first official acts after returning to the White House this year, issued a grant of clemency to the nearly 1,600 rioters charged in connection with the Capitol attack. His proclamation was extraordinarily broad, covering all defendants accused or convicted of “offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.”

I don't know if this took place on January 6th. But if it did, a strong case could be made that it was covered.

So, if someone robbed a liquor store close to the Capitol it would be covered? 

 

The bombs were planted on the 5th. 

 

 

7 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

So, if someone robbed a liquor store close to the Capitol it would be covered? 

 

The bombs were planted on the 5th. 

 

 

The international left looking for ways to spin a weave again & again.

It usually all comes out smellin bad for them.  

31 minutes ago, riclag said:

No motive yet , December 15 court proceedings will bring more  light to the suspected Anarchist motives.

 

As far as I'm concerned, the motives of one whackjob on either side is neither here, nor there. 

 

The fact that the FBI was able to track down and prosecute grandmothers from middle America who never even entered the Capitol Building, through their phone records and yet they didn't find this guy for 5 years is the story here.

 

6 minutes ago, riclag said:

The international left looking for ways to spin a weave again & again.

It usually all comes out smellin bad for them.  

Yeah, notice how most all the articles are calling him the J6 bomber. 

 

He might be a Trump supporter, but it's not that clear. 

1 minute ago, impulse said:

 

As far as I'm concerned, the motives of one whackjob on either side is neither here, nor there. 

 

The fact that the FBI was able to track down grandmothers from middle America who never even entered the Capitol Building, through their phone records and yet they didn't find this guy for 5 years is the story here.

 

Indeed

10 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

As far as I'm concerned, the motives of one whackjob on either side is neither here, nor there. 

 

The fact that the FBI was able to track down and prosecute grandmothers from middle America who never even entered the Capitol Building, through their phone records and yet they didn't find this guy for 5 years is the story here.

 

Exactly 

10 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Yeah, notice how most all the articles are calling him the J6 bomber. 

 

He might be a Trump supporter, but it's not that clear. 

To your point Bidens doj & FBI  moved mountains to get to Get Trump & Supporters . Funny how they sat for 4 years on the Bomber & Epstein  scandals.

On 12/4/2025 at 11:41 PM, riclag said:

Go figure the international lefts hero's, The Far left's  Anarchist ,strike the tabloids pages again. 

 

"A motive is also not known, but sources told The Post investigators were examining the suspect’s background for possible “anarchist leanings".

https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/

 

Because anarchists are always left wingers?

 

Or because Riclag has ‘leftwing’ on speed dial to aid his one finger typing.

 

 

2 minutes ago, riclag said:

To your point Bidens doj & FBI  moved mountains to get to Get Trump & Supporters . Funny how they sat for 4 years on the Bomber & Epstein  scandals.

 

And don't forget that Jan6'ers were up to 200x as likely to go to prison for the same offenses as the BLM'ers who did orders of magnitude more damage and mayhem over months and months than a single afternoon in The Capitol.  The difference:  Jan6'ers supported the Bad Orange Man and BLM'ers generally voted Blue.

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

So, if someone robbed a liquor store close to the Capitol it would be covered? 

 

The bombs were planted on the 5th. 

 

 

"Offenses related to events"...given that he did what he did as a way to protest it could be argued that he was incited by Trumps call to come to Washington, Anyway it's a moot point given that date.

 

Still, even though it doesn't look like that appeal would work, Trump could still pardon him. It's true it doesn't seem like he has plusses like major involvement in the drugs trade like Ross Ulbricht. founder of the dark web,  or Oscar Hernandez, who worked with El Chapo to get huge quantities of cocaine into the United States; and I don't think he's a corrupt politician or married to one,  or that he defrauded people out of millions of dollars and got to keep his ill-gotten gains, still the most important factor is that he was a supporter of Trump. And since he did it out of a belief that Trump was robbed of the election, the same belief that motivated the 'Capitol rioters,  and that the bombs didn't go off, whether by design or not, and we know that many of the capitol rioters did injure police and they got pardoned,  I don't see why he shouldn't have a good shot at it too.

 

30 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

As far as I'm concerned, the motives of one whackjob on either side is neither here, nor there. 

 

The fact that the FBI was able to track down and prosecute grandmothers from middle America who never even entered the Capitol Building, through their phone records and yet they didn't find this guy for 5 years is the story here.

 

 

19 minutes ago, riclag said:

Exactly 

 

This has got to be the least self-aware comment  I have ever seen on asean now.com. And that's saying a lot.

 

On 12/4/2025 at 11:41 PM, riclag said:

Go figure the international lefts hero's, The Far left's  Anarchist ,strike the tabloids pages again. 

 

"A motive is also not known, but sources told The Post investigators were examining the suspect’s background for possible “anarchist leanings".

https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/

 

 

On 12/5/2025 at 1:29 PM, riclag said:

I found this buried at the very bottom of the far left MS-Now article.

"The pipe bomb investigation has long been a target of scrutiny by House Republicans, who accused the FBI and the Justice Department of failing to investigate it thoroughly".

 

 The far left anarchists who migrated from Europe  to spread their destructive cultural initiatives through Social justice change ,destructive rhetoric of burnUS, violent murderous terror tactics  , have been outed . Imagine the evidence sitting right there as the commie/terrorist supporting other side was trying to build the narritive that the Nazi's did it.

https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-arrest-pipe-bomb-dnc-rnc-jan-2021

 

 

17 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Because anarchists are always left wingers?

 

Or because Riclag has ‘leftwing’ on speed dial to aid his one finger typing.

 

 

The  first one

12 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

"Offenses related to events"...given that he did what he did as a way to protest it could be argued that he was incited by Trumps call to come to Washington, Anyway it's a moot point given that date.

 

Still, even though it doesn't look like that appeal would work, Trump could still pardon him. It's true it doesn't seem like he has plusses like major involvement in the drugs trade like Ross Ulbricht. founder of the dark web,  or Oscar Hernandez, who worked with El Chapo to get huge quantities of cocaine into the United State; and I don't think he's a corrupt politician or married to one,  or that he defrauded people out of millions of dollars and got to keep his ill-gotten gains, still the most important factor is that he was a supporter of Trump. And since he did it out of a belief that Trump was robbed of the election, the same belief that motivated the 'Capitol rioters,  and that the bombs didn't go off, whether by design or not, and we know that many of the capitol rioters did injure police and they got pardoned,  I don't see why he shouldn't have a good shot at it too.

Sure lefty

39 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

As far as I'm concerned, the motives of one whackjob on either side is neither here, nor there. 

 

The fact that the FBI was able to track down and prosecute grandmothers from middle America who never even entered the Capitol Building, through their phone records and yet they didn't find this guy for 5 years is the story here.

 

 

58 minutes ago, riclag said:

Exactly 

 

This has got to be the least self-aware comment  I have ever seen on asean now.com. And that's saying a lot.

 

Considering the source, that is high praise, indeed.

 

1 minute ago, impulse said:

 

Considering the source, that is high praise, indeed.

 

Now compounded.

Bradley Moss, a national security analyst, told CNN that the White House now has to manage the fallout after 30-year-old suspect Brian Cole Jr. told law enforcement that he believed that the 2020 election was “stolen." The claim was one that President Donald Trump had made and led to the Capitol mob attack on Jan. 6, just a few hours after the pipe bombs were placed outside the Republican and Democratic party headquarters.

 

"We're learning some rather awkward and embarrassing things for the White House and for, honestly, some of the senior members of the Justice Department and the FBI, because this defeated all of the theories, all the conspiracies for the last four years about who this particular pipe bomber could have been," Moss said.

 

"Assuming, of course, this person is actually proven in a court of law to have been that person. All the theories that the Trump team, that Dan Bongino, that Kash Patel, everybody was saying was this was an inside job, this was somebody at the bureau, this was someone from the Capitol police. They had always made it out to be that this was some kind of insider gig," Moss added. "What is it? It's just a regular guy who believed Donald Trump's conspiracies about 2020 and who allegedly took this action."

 

New pipe bomber revelations put Trump in awkward spot: analyst

 

A surveillance image released by the FBI shows a person in Washington, D.C., January 6, 2021. The FBI issued a notice, which features this surveillance photo, requesting information on person(s) responsible for pipe bombs left at the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters. FBI/Handout via REUTERS© provided by RawStory

Could Brian Cole Jr. claim Trump's Jan. 6 pardons cover him? A former Jan. 6 prosecutor says that's the argument he'd make

   
Former January 6th prosecutor Mike Gordon says if he were Brian Cole Jr.'s defense attorney, he would argue that Trump's broad Jan. 6 pardons should apply to Cole. Gordon explains that the pardon language is expansive and could cover crimes like Cole's case.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/06/politics/video/could-brian-cole-jr-claim-trumps-jan-6-pardons-cover-him-a-former-jan-6-prosecutor-says-thats-the-argument-hed-make

 

NB Without getting into the nuts and bolts of whether such a pardon would apply, if there IS such a motion made by the defense, the irony would be it could very well come before a Washington DC Federal judge who had his/her trial and convictions go POOF on January 20, 2025, President Trump pardons.

 

15 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Indeed

a "Trump supporter" that placed bombs at both the DNC and RNC headquarters in DC. 

Bidens corrupt FBI in another cover-up since they couldn't tie the pipe bomber to President Trump. 

 

GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021

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/

 

(b)  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;

 

(The following from Gemini and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Tarrio)

 

The most prominent individual convicted for actions related to the January 6th events who was not physically at the U.S. Capitol building during the breach is Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys.

 

He was arrested in Washington, D.C., two days before the riot on a separate charge and was ordered to leave the city. 

 

He was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges for his role in organizing and directing the Proud Boys' actions on January 6th from outside Washington D.C., via encrypted messaging. He was sentenced to a lengthy prison term.

Tarrio was not listed by name in section (a) of the pardon Proclamation but received a pardon via section (b)

 

In September 2023, Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison, before being pardoned by U.S. president Donald Trump following his return to office on January 20, 2025.

33 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021

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/

 

(b)  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;

 

(The following from Gemini and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Tarrio)

 

The most prominent individual convicted for actions related to the January 6th events who was not physically at the U.S. Capitol building during the breach is Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys.

 

He was arrested in Washington, D.C., two days before the riot on a separate charge and was ordered to leave the city. 

 

He was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges for his role in organizing and directing the Proud Boys' actions on January 6th from outside Washington D.C., via encrypted messaging. He was sentenced to a lengthy prison term.

Tarrio was not listed by name in section (a) of the pardon Proclamation but received a pardon via section (b)

 

In September 2023, Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison, before being pardoned by U.S. president Donald Trump following his return to office on January 20, 2025.

At first I thought, per yellowtail, that since the pipe bomb non-bomber placed the devices on Jan 5, he wouldn't be covered. But I suppose the argument could be made that his actions were related to the events that took place on Jan 6. Still, it seems like a bit of a stretch. 

14 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

At first I thought, per yellowtail, that since the pipe bomb non-bomber placed the devices on Jan 5, he wouldn't be covered. But I suppose the argument could be made that his actions were related to the events that took place on Jan 6. Still, it seems like a bit of a stretch. 

From the White House Proclamation:

 

I further direct the Attorney General to pursue dismissal with prejudice to the government of all pending indictments against individuals for their conduct related to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.  

____________________

Well the bombs were placed on Jan 5 but their discovery -- exploded or not -- sure caused a commotion on JAN 6.

20 hours ago, impulse said:

 

And don't forget that Jan6'ers were up to 200x as likely to go to prison for the same offenses as the BLM'ers who did orders of magnitude more damage and mayhem over months and months than a single afternoon in The Capitol.  The difference:  Jan6'ers supported the Bad Orange Man and BLM'ers generally voted Blue.

The usual MAGA fake equivalence tactics! 

 

Unlike the Jan.6 riot, the BLM protests were not a lame attempt to steal a Presidential election!

5 hours ago, darbie-foos said:

Bidens corrupt FBI in another cover-up since they couldn't tie the pipe bomber to President Trump. 

 

So it was a cover up by Biden, in order to protect a believer of the Big Lie?

 

That 's simply ridiculous! 

9 minutes ago, candide said:

The usual MAGA fake equivalence tactics! 

 

Unlike the Jan.6 riot, the BLM protests were not a lame attempt to steal a Presidential election!

A riot's a riot