Feds go to court to wipe away ‘seditious conspiracy’ convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers

Federal prosecutors have gone to court again over the J6 protest-turned-riot at the U.S. Capitol, this time to wipe out the “seditious conspiracy” convictions orchestrated against members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys organizations by the Joe Biden administration.

They were convicted as part of the federal government-wide weaponization against President Donald Trump, his supporters and his advocates by Democrats in power at the time.

In fact, there was ample evidence of many protests on that day on January 6, 2021, but only a few hundred people trespassed into the Capitol and some of those vandalized various rooms. There was an absence of evidence of a true sedition, or as Democrats have since described it, an “insurrection,” as there was no plan for a replacement government, agenda to take control of the military, the economy, and more.

The sedition counts were filed as part of the agenda against Trump in the hope there would be guilty pleas that leftist prosecutors then could use against Trump.

The request to the court comes from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in Washington, and reports confirm it “is likely to be granted because prosecutors have broad discretion” on charges.

That authority extends even after convictions.

Trump already had issued a pardon for some 1,500 Americans caught up in the events of that day, and the move against the convictions follows that agenda. But for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers he only commuted their prison terms, freeing them.

The new move would clear their records.

The protesters that day were objecting to what they perceived as an inauthentic election. In fact, it was under the undue influence of the FBI’s decision to interfere and falsely claim details of scandals involving the Biden family were Russian disinformation, when it wasn’t. Further, Mark Zuckerberg handed out $400 million plus to local elections officials who often used it to recruit Democrat votes.

A polling after the election showed such influences likely were the key to Biden being declared the winner.

Pirro now has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to vacate the convictions of 12 group members: Stewart Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Dominic Pezzola, Roberto Minuta, Eduardo Vallejo, Joseph Hackett, David Moerschel, Kenneth Harrelson and Jessica Watkins.

None of them had abandoned the appeals process yet.

The conviction for Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio already was vacated last year and charges dismissed.

Pirro has said when the convictions are removed, she will file paperwork to dismiss all charges.

In a court filing she confirmed, “The United States has determined in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of this criminal case is in the interests of justice.”

HUGE: “Judge” Jeanine Pirro, Current US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Dismisses Sedition Charges Against Proud Boys

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A report from Joe Hoft at the Gateway Pundit said, “This is really big. ‘Judge’ Jeanine Pirro, the current U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has upheld the law and dismissed the sedition charges against the Proud Boys. These charges were designed and brought forward by the corrupt Biden regime in their efforts to lie and claim Jan 6 was a seditious act by the Proud Boys and President Trump.”

The report said, “The people who put together these charges hoped to use guilty pleas as support to do the same to President Trump!”