A group of Proud Boys leaders convicted of orchestrating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Friday, alleging the prosecutions violated their constitutional rights and amounted to political retaliation.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Florida, seeks $100 million in punitive damages and names Justice Department officials and FBI employees as defendants. It follows President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons of most Jan. 6 defendants on his first day back in office.
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio attends a news conference outside the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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The five plaintiffs — Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Zachary Rehl, Joe Biggs, and Dominic Pezzola — were convicted in 2023 after a high-profile trial in Washington, D.C., that accused them of plotting to
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