Trump administration moves to toss remaining Jan. 6 convictions, clearing Proud Boys and Oath Keepers

The filing seeks to clear some of the last remaining convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, clearing Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

The Trump administration moved Tuesday to clear some of the last remaining convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, as some still stood following President Donald Trump's mass pardons last year.

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The filing, submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by the office of the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, asks the court to “vacate” the convictions of four members of the Proud Boys: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola.

The four were convicted in 2023 of multiple felony charges, and all but Pezzola were convicted of seditious conspiracy.