Overview
- The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to throw out convictions and sentences for twelve members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys on seditious conspiracy charges.
- If the court grants the request, the move would erase the final criminal judgments tied to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
- The department did not comment on the filings, which news outlets say were submitted as an appeals deadline approached in ongoing cases.
- Those defendants were convicted during the Biden administration, after President Trump had already pardoned about 1,500 people charged in the Jan. 6 aftermath.
- The shift comes as litigation over the attack continues, including a June 2025 lawsuit by five Proud Boys seeking $100 million for alleged rights violations.