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Jan. 6 Capitol attack prosecutions
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In July 2026 a federal judge dismissed the convictions of Proud Boys members for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack. The following month, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta granted the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the last remaining federal case against eight Oath Keepers members, vacating seditious‑conspiracy charges. In his order, Mehta noted Mehta’s August 4 2026 order was described as reluctant; he criticized the DOJ for offering no legal deficiency argument or public‑interest justification and warned that the dismissal “diminishes the gravity of that day, denigrates day” and “denigrates the work of prosecutors and law‑enforcement officers, and excuses criminal acts that threatened a cornerstone of our democracy,” while acknowledging the DOJ had not argued the charges were legally deficient. officers.” The decision was described as the closure of ruling formally closed the final federal criminal prosecution stemming from the Capitol breach. Earlier, The order also noted that Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, whose 18‑year sentence had previously been commuted, was among those whose charges were dropped. Earlier, Rhodes had been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the attack.
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