Justice Dept. Seeks to Drop Charges for Proud Boys, Oath Keepers

0:00The Justice Department just filed to wipe out seditious conspiracy convictions for top proud boys and old Keepers leaders tied to the January 6th. 2021 Capitol Riot They're asking the appeals court to vacate the guilty verdicts and bounce the cases back to district court, where prosecutors plan to drop the charges. Entirely. Earlier this week, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Piro signed off on the motion, calling it standard practice when the government sees dismissal as the right. Call for justice. This covers Old Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, plus Kelly Megs, Kenneth Harrelson, and Jessica Watkins, along with proud boys like Ethan Nordine, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rail, and Dominic Pezola. Trump already shook things up by commuting sentences for several of these folks last January, and pardoning proud boys' chair Enrique Tario, when he took office again. Over 1,500 people face charges from that day, when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol after his election fraud claims, hurting, over 100 officers.

1:03Now if the court green lights this, those convictions vanish for good, closing a big chapter from the Biden years push against the rioters. Prosecutors framed it as defending democracy back then, but priority shift with new leadership. This move highlights how prosecutorial choices evolve, leaving these leaders potentially free while the full January 6th fallout keeps reshaping. Politics. Stay tuned as the court weighs in. That's your update from Teva Bay News today, powered by AI.