Lawyers for Brian J. Cole Jr. claimed in a court filing Monday that President Donald Trump's sweeping presidential pardons for Jan. 6 defendants apply to him and the case should be dismissed.Cole Jr. is accused of planting explosive devices at the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Trump issued the pardons on his first day in office, Jan. 20, 2025.The motion to dismiss was filed in U.S. District Court by Cole Jr.'s lawyers, arguing the government's own narrative in the case "inextricably" tethers Cole to the events of Jan. 6, 2021."...
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