US DoJ files for overturning January 6 convictions for far-right groups’ members

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Filing seeks to overturn seditious conspiracy charges of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members who laid siege to US Capitol in 2021

The US Department of Justice has requested that a federal appeals judge overturn convictions for members of far-right groups Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, who were previously found guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the violent https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-capitol-breach">siege of the US capitol in 2021.

Jeanine Pirro, the Donald Trump-appointed US attorney for the District of Columbia, signed https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.39855/gov.uscourts.cadc.39855.01208840665.0.pdf">separate https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40140/gov.uscourts.cadc.40140.1208840671.0.pdf">motions on Tuesday to vacate convictions for a slew of individuals, including the https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/19/proud-boys-judge-custody-capitol-attack-ethan-nordean-joseph-biggs">Proud Boys’ leaders Ethan Nordean and Joseph Biggs as well as https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/21/enrique-tarrio-stewart-rhodes-pardon-january-6-trump">Stewart Rhodes, a former attorney who founded the Oath Keepers’ militia.

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