More: On January 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, Trump issued a sweeping clemency proclamation that effectively pardoned nearly all of the approximately 1,600 people charged or convicted for offenses related to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

"If the pipe bomber intended to aid and abet the planned Capitol riot the next day by diverting law enforcement resources and causing chaos, are his crimes 'related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021' such that he has been pardoned?" muses X user Patterico.

The Bulwark's Tim Miller perked up, sharing Patterico's post, saying, "great [question]."

"I'd be pretty surprised if he did not at least try to make this argument. After all, those pardoned were not all convicted based on their actions on January 6 at the Capitol. Many were convicted based in part on their planning, before that day, in other locations," Patterico theorized.