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Jan 6th Prosecutions Draw Close | Irvine News
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The Jan. 6 Capitol attack prosecutions are effectively closed as the Justice Department, under Trump, successfully moved to dismiss seditious conspiracy charges against Oath Keepers members — a move a frustrated judge reluctantly approved, calling it a disservice to the day’s gravity and those who secured convictions. With Trump’s sweeping pardons and commutations last year, including for assaults on police, the Biden administration’s stance has been dramatically reversed. Judge Amit Mehta, while granting the dismissal, lamented that the administration was essentially absolving crimes against the nation, noting this is the final chapter with no room to alter history. Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers founder now out of prison after his sentence was commuted, insists he’s innocent and calls himself a political prisoner — his lawyer criticized the judge’s personal remarks. Trump frames the pardons as steps toward national healing, amid over 1,200 total convictions tied to the attack.
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