Posted on 06/07/2025 10:13:45 AM PDT by george76
Five members of the Proud Boys are suing the U.S. government and certain employees in the FBI and Department of Justice for $100 million over their Jan. 6 prosecutions.
Enrique Tarrio, Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Dominic Pezzola allege in the lawsuit the FBI and DOJ violated their constitutional rights...
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the men claim "egregious and systemic abuse of the legal system and the United States Constitution to punish and oppress political allies of President Trump, by any and all means necessary, legal, or illegal.
"Through the use of evidence tampering, witness intimidation, violations of attorney-client privilege, and placing spies to report on trial strategy, the government got its fondest wish of imprisoning the J6 Defendants, the modern equivalent of placing one’s enemies' heads on a spike outside the town wall as a warning to any who would think to challenge the status quo."
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Four of the five men were convicted of seditious conspiracy after the attack, and Tarrio faced the harshest punishment — 22 years for planning the attack — of any of the Jan. 6 defendants..
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However, President Donald Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of nearly all the defendants after he took office this year, including Tarrio, Rehl, Nordean, Biggs and Pezzola.
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Now that the Plaintiffs are vindicated, free, and able to once again exercise their rights as American citizens, they bring this action against their tormentors for violations of their Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment Rights … as well as the common law tort of malicious prosecution and false imprisonment,"
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men were charged under a "novel theory of criminal conspiracy called the ‘tool theory,'"
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I know NOTHING about the Proud Boys but the DEMOCRATS HATE them.
The Jan 6’ers will ALL wind up with considerable compensation.
The gov will not litigate such suits but will instead simply settle them to the benefit of those poor mistreated people.
Bill goes to taxpayers / future generations.
I get that, but these people were wronged by the federal government and should be compensated.
Plus it will piss off the dems if these people get a tax-free windfall... that right there is reason enough to compensate them very, very well.
And that's enough for me to know to be willing to support them.
Tyranny goes to taxpayers / future generations.
Good points
Just another reason to despise democrats. They act without any forethought just like the mentally stunted children they are. These people should never be allowed to have power.
I feel like they were a bro-trap to get bold conservative men in trouble.
Could be wrong.
Veterans for Constitutional Restoration (VCR) motto I wrote, and stand by it until death.
Good to read this.
The case will get assigned to Barrell of Howls and her buddy Jimmy BloatBorg
God bless those heroic patriots! Hope they are forming again for the coming war!
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