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作者：雅各布·罗森
美国司法部驳斥了2021年1月6日国会山骚乱前夕在共和党和民主党全国委员会总部外放置管道炸弹的被告的主张，辩称对布莱恩·科尔 Jr.的指控不应被驳回，且他的行为不在特朗普总统对国会山骚乱参与者的全面赦免范围之内。
在周五提交的法庭文件中，美国司法部反对科尔的动议。科尔的法律团队曾辩称，对科尔的指控“与2021年1月6日的事件密不可分且显而易见地相关”，因此应驳回指控。
今年3月，科尔的律师援引该案联邦检察官的文件称，科尔在被捕后的一次采访中告诉联邦调查局人员，他前往华盛顿特区是为了参加一场与2020年大选相关的抗议活动，这场抗议与煽动国会山骚乱人群的“同一政治争议”有关。
科尔的律师辩称，尽管管道炸弹是在骚乱前一晚放置的，但特朗普总统对所有国会山骚乱被告的赦免也适用于他。
美国司法部表示，该赦免明确不涵盖科尔被指控的行为。
检察官写道，总统的赦免公告明确将救济范围限定在那些因1月6日国会大厦内或附近发生的事件而“被定罪”或面临“未决起诉”的人。
“2025年1月20日，被告既不属于这两类情况，因此该公告与本案无关，”美国司法部写道。
检察官表示，科尔在1月5日实施的犯罪行为“并非如公告要求的那样，与1月6日国会大厦内或附近发生的事件‘相关’”。
他们写道，即使总统的公告“不知何故能适用于本案”，美国司法部的反对立场“作为由明确负责执行该公告的行政部门机构作出的合理解释，应受到尊重”。
美国司法部补充道，特朗普先生在就职日2025年1月20日发布赦免令时，“执法部门尚未确认被告身份，更不用说对其起诉或定罪，管道炸弹调查仍在全力推进”。
科尔于去年被指控跨州运输爆炸物及恶意使用爆炸物，距炸弹被放置已过去近五年。炸弹未被引爆，但联邦调查局表示，这些炸弹具有杀伤力。
特朗普先生去年重返白宫后的最初几小时内发布了国会山骚乱赦免令，为约1500名骚乱被告提供了救济，这些被告被指控的罪行从擅闯国会大厦到袭击警察不等。总统撤销了所有因国会山骚乱相关罪名被定罪者中的14人以外的所有人的刑事定罪，并指示司法部寻求撤销那些尚未被定罪者的指控。
该命令称，赦免适用于“与2021年1月6日国会大厦内或附近发生的事件相关的犯罪”。
科尔的律师辩称，“相关”一词可以适用于并非发生在2021年1月6日的犯罪，只要这些犯罪与当日的事件有关联。
美国司法部表示，在科尔接受联邦调查局采访时，他告诉审讯人员，他放置了炸弹，并表示他“1月5日并未参加美国国会大厦的抗议活动，而是前往华盛顿特区放置炸弹”。
“被告告诉探员们，在‘目睹一切，只是一切都在恶化’之后，‘某个东西突然断裂了’，”美国司法部说道。“被告想要‘针对两党’做点什么，因为‘他们掌权了’，而且他两党都不喜欢。”
检察官表示，科尔“明确否认其行为针对美国国会，也否认与原定于1月6日举行的议事程序相关”。
截至周五，美国地区法官阿米尔·阿里尚未安排听证会审理科尔法律团队提出的动议，但一场案情聆讯已定于4月21日举行。
Justice Dept. argues D.C. pipe bomb defendant not covered by Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons
April 10, 2026 / 12:00 PM EDT / CBS News
By Jacob Rosen
The Justice Department pushed back on claims by the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside of the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters on the eve of the 2021 Jan. 6 Capitol riot, arguing that the charges against Brian Cole Jr. should not be dismissed and that his actions were not covered by President Trump’s sweeping pardons of the Jan. 6 rioters.
In court filings Friday, the Justice Department opposed a motion by Cole, whose legal team argued that the charges against Cole are “inextricably and demonstrably tethered” to the events of Jan. 6, 2021 and should be dismissed.
In March, Cole’s lawyers pointed to filings by federal prosecutors in the case that said Cole had told the FBI in an interview after his arrest that he had traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend a 2020 election-related protest connected to “the same political controversy” that animated the Jan. 6 crowd.
Cole’s attorneys argued that even though the pipe bombs had been planted the night before the riot, Mr. Trump’s pardon of all Jan. 6 defendants applies to him, too.
The Justice Department says the pardon explicitly does not cover Cole’s alleged conduct.
Prosecutors wrote that the president’s proclamation expressly limited relief to individuals who had been “convicted of,” or had a “pending indictment” for offenses related to the events at or near the United States Capitol on Jan. 6.
“On January 20, 2025, the defendant belonged to neither category, and so the proclamation has no bearing on this case,” the Justice Department wrote.
Prosecutors said Cole’s Jan. 5 offenses “were not, as the proclamation required, ‘related to’ events at or near the United States Capitol ‘on January 6.’”
They wrote that even if the president’s proclamation “somehow could apply to this case,” the Justice Department’s opposing position “is entitled to deference as a reasonable interpretation taken by the Executive Branch agency expressly charged with administering the proclamation.”
The Justice Department added that when Mr. Trump issued the pardons on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2025, “law enforcement had not identified the defendant, much less charged or convicted him, and the pipe bombs investigation proceeded unabated.”
Cole was charged last year with interstate transportation of explosives and malicious attempt to use explosives, almost five years after the bombs were planted. The bombs did not detonate, but the FBI has said that they were viable.
Mr. Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons, issued in the first hours of his return to the White House last year, granted relief to around 1,500 riot defendants accused of violations ranging from trespassing to assaulting police. The president wiped away criminal convictions for all but 14 of those who were convicted of Jan. 6-related offenses, and directed the Justice Department to seek to dismiss charges against those who had not yet been convicted.
The order says the pardons apply to “offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”
Cole’s lawyers argued that the phrase “related to” could apply to offenses that did not take place on Jan. 6, 2021, as long as they were linked to the events of that day.
The Justice Department said that in Cole’s FBI interview, he told the agents questioning him that he planted the bombs and said he “did not attend a protest at the United States Capitol on January 5 but rather traveled to D.C. to plant the bombs.”
“The defendant told the agents that “something just snapped” after “watching everything, just everything getting worse,” the Justice Department said. “The defendant wanted to do something ‘to the parties’ because ‘they were in charge,’ and he did not like either party.”
Prosecutors said Cole “expressly denied that his actions were directed toward the United States Congress or related to the proceedings scheduled to take place on January 6.”
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali has not scheduled a hearing to hear Cole’s legal team’s motion as of Friday, but a status hearing is scheduled for April 21.
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