The Justice Department has concluded that a military veteran's presidential pardon for charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol also extends to his separate conviction for illegally possessing stolen grenades and classified information, according to a court filing Tuesday.
The Justice Department has also said the pardon doesn’t apply in the case of a man who was awaiting trial on Jan. 6 charges when prosecutors say he developed a plan to kill law enforcement, including FBI agents.
Federal agents investigating Brown's alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol were searching Brown's home in Florida when they found stolen Army grenades, an unregistered rifle and a stolen classified document.
Brown's charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack in the nation's capital were still pending last month when President Donald Trump pardoned him and hundreds of other Capitol riot defendants on his first day back in the White House.
But it wasn't until Tuesday that the Justice Department said it believes Trump's pardon of Brown also covers his conviction in Florida.
