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Posted on 05/26/2026 7:31:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
In another major win for President Trump’s efforts to right the wrongs of the weaponized Biden DOJ and FBI, and to fully restore the rights of all January 6 defendants, the Department of Justice filed a motion late Friday night, May 22, asking D.C. District Court Judge Amit Mehta to dismiss with prejudice the underlying indictments against the eight innocent Oath Keepers defendants whose sentences were commuted (but not fully pardoned) by President Trump.
They were released from prison on Inauguration Night 2025, just as four Proud Boys leaders likewise had their sentences commuted rather than pardoned, and were released from prison.
On May 21, 2026, the D.C. Court of Appeals granted the DOJ’s earlier request to vacate the eight Oath Keepers’ convictions and remand the cases back to the District Court.
With the appeals court’s order in hand, the DOJ has now moved to fully dismiss the cases — mirroring the recent D.C. Court of Appeals order vacating the convictions of the four remaining Proud Boys and remanding to their trial court for consideration of a DOJ motion to dismiss their underlying indictments.
This relief comes as President Trump and his DOJ have established the new $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund (also referred to as the 1776 Fund), created through a settlement of President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS. The fund is designed to compensate Americans who suffered under the weaponized Biden DOJ and FBI.
Once the dismissals are granted, these eight Americans will no longer be felons and their records will be wiped clean. Their Second Amendment rights and all other civil rights will be restored.
Among them are four service-connected disabled military veterans who lost critical VA benefits due to the convictions. Those benefits will now be reinstated.
(Three of the four commuted Proud Boys — Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola — are also veterans who lost their VA benefits and will now have them restored as well).
So now all twelve of the remaining J6ers who were commuted rather than pardoned will have their rights restored.
The eight Oath Keepers defendants are: E. Stewart Rhodes, Kenneth Harrelson, Kelly Meggs, Jessica Watkins, Robert Minuta, David Moerschel, Joseph Hackett, and Edward Vallejo.
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Finally. 😁🤙
I hope the VA benefits include retroactive payments.
This guys have missed a lot of money, I would think.
Yes, like the J-6ers:
Many J6 Families Are Still Living In Hell
"Pardons may have ended the legal fight for some defendants, but they didn't restore the years, savings, stability, and peace they and their families lost."
"The $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund is designed to compensate Americans who suffered under the weaponized Biden DOJ and FBI."
Not enough. Those behind the weaponization need to be held accountable and thoroughly punished - jailed without bail, dragged through court for years, slandered and destroyed.
Took long enough. WTF?!
1.8 Billion Dollars is money well spent. It sends a clear message to the Socialists that their weaponization tactics will not be tolerated.
What I’d really like to see here is a tidy sum - say Five Million Dollars - each be given to the families of Ashli Babbitt and Roseanne Boyland.
Well, you already know its coming. PDJT rewarding his brown-shirt cop killing J6 thugs. Probably give them some of the $1776 millions too. I canon almost hear jo scar-bro.....😭
Justice served!
A few of these people died in custody. Inexcusable.
Bkmk
Once they are actually set free and are out and about, can they sue the living crap out of every judge, lawyer, FBI person, prison guard, etc that was involved in the incarceration?
Some but not all; some have ‘qualified immunity’......😖
I believe the VA requires a conviction to cease benefits. So being pardoned should entail back pay.
I think they’ve already been paid
Your’e absolutely right.....
Yes, the family of Ashli Babbitt received compensation. In May 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice under the Trump administration agreed to a settlement of nearly \(\$5\) million (specifically \(\$4.975\) million) to resolve a wrongful-death lawsuit.Babbitt’s estate and family members originally filed a \(\$30\) million lawsuit after she was fatally shot by a U.S. Capitol Police officer while trying to breach a barricaded door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby during the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.You can read more about the terms of the resolution in coverage from the Associated Press or The Washington Post.3 sites
At least for Ashli. Can’t find info on Roseanne.
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