The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on April 14 to throw out seditious conspiracy convictions given to leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers for their involvement during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots.
Although President Donald Trump already commutes the prison sentences of some leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers back in January 2025, the filing on Tuesday would go a step further.
Prosecutors, in a filing signed by the U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to vacate the convictions to enable the government to permanently dismiss the indictments against the leaders.
“The government’s motion to vacate in this case is consistent with its practice of moving the Supreme Court to vacate convictions in cases where the government has decided in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of a criminal case is in the interests of justice — motions that the Supreme Court routinely grants,” prosecutors said in court records obtained by USA TODAY.
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