A federal judge vacates the convictions of four Proud Boys defendants after the Department of Justice, acting under President Donald Trump, asks courts to dismiss the cases.Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola had been convicted for roles in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol; Nordean, Biggs and Rehl were found guilty of seditious conspiracy and Pezzola was convicted of assault and breaching a window, and their sentences were later commuted by Donald Trump.U.S. District Judge
Timothy Kelly approves the dismissals after an appeals court remands the cases, says he is bound to grant the
DOJ motion despite criticizing Mr. Trump’s statements about January 6 as "based on fiction," and warns the outcome will complicate accountability for the Capitol attack.