Justice Department moves to toss convictions of Jan. 6 rioters
April 15, 2026
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as posted by the channelMembers of the far-right extremist groups known as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are celebrating after the Department of Justice moved to vacate their convictions for seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The attack left 140 police officers injured. Most of the defendants received full pardons from President Trump last year, but a group of about a dozen people convicted of seditious conspiracy received commutations — releasing them from prison, but leaving the felony conviction on their records. Now, the Justice Department has filed papers to effectively erase those convictions, saying it’s in the interest of justice. Among other effects, the move would restore their right to own guns.
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