The Trump administration’s Department of Justice is moving to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions against several Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members who were involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol.
On Tuesday, the DOJ filed unopposed motions to throw out convictions and dismiss the indictments with prejudice for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and members Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, and Jessica Watkins, as well as Proud Boys members Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola.
‘I’m excited to finally move on from January 6.’
The DOJ claimed that dismissal of the criminal cases would be “in the interests of justice.”
“The government’s motion to vacate in this case is consistent with its practice of moving the Supreme Court to vacate convictions in
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