Proud Boys leaders seek $100 million over Jan. 6 prosecutions
- Five individuals associated with the Proud Boys have initiated a lawsuit in federal court in Orlando, seeking $100 million plus 6% interest from the U.S. government.
- The lawsuit follows their convictions for seditious conspiracy related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot aimed at blocking Congress from certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election win.
- The lawsuit alleges the men were taken into custody without sufficient probable cause, were subjected to fabricated evidence, experienced breaches of attorney-client privilege, and endured extended solitary pretrial confinement.
- The plaintiffs maintain they did not interfere with the Capitol proceedings, damage federal property, oppose arrest, collaborate to hinder law enforcement, or engage in civil disorder, and they allege that investigators tampered with evidence and intimidated witnesses.
- If successful, the lawsuit could highlight alleged constitutional violations and government misconduct in prosecuting January 6 cases amid ongoing political controversy.
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Proud Boys lawsuit over Jan. 6 faces steep legal odds, high political cost
A $100 million lawsuit brought against the Justice Department by five Proud Boys leaders convicted over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack faces steep legal odds, but its political cost could be significant. The Proud Boys claim the government violated their constitutional rights in its prosecution of their efforts to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election, which culminated in the riot. It places the Trump administration in an aw…
‘This is a Reckoning': Proud Boys Leaders Demand $100 Million in Lawsuit Claiming They Were the Real Victims of the Deadly January 6th Attack on the Capitol
In a move right out of President Donald Trump’s playbook, members of the Proud Boys, a right-wing extremist group, have filed a $100 million lawsuit against the U.S. government contending their rights were violated when they were arrested and convicted for crimes connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Trump supporters were trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election of former President Joe Biden. Trump should understand the …
Here we go again
Talk about “biting the hand that feeds you,” but we all knew pardoning the January 6 insurrectionists was a bad idea. Had Enrique Tarrio and his cohorts remained in jail, they wouldn’t have been out filing lawsuits against the very administration that wrongfully cut them loose. Thanks, Donald Trump, for once again being the worst…
US Government Sued Over Jan. 6 Prosecutions
Proud Boys boss Enrique Tarrio and four of his underlings have filed a lawsuit accusing FBI prosecutors of having been motivated by personal animus when they went after the group. […] The post US Government Sued Over Jan. 6 Prosecutions appeared first on The Western Journal.
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