Proud Boys Case Dismissed

A federal judge ended the Proud Boys' Jan. 6 case after Trump's sweeping clemency order.

US judge dismisses January 6 case against Proud Boys after Trump order

Judge Reluctantly Dismisses Proud Boys Case

Judge tosses remnants of Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case after Trump's broad clemency

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U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly granted the Justice Department’s request to dismiss with prejudice the remaining Jan. 6 prosecution of Proud Boys members Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola. The dismissal followed President Donald Trump’s broad clemency order for Jan. 6 defendants and an appeals court’s vacatur of the defendants’ convictions. Nordean, Biggs and Rehl had been convicted of seditious conspiracy for the Capitol attack; Pezzola was convicted of other Jan. 6-related offenses.

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