Article Summary

The article reports that the U.S. Justice Department, under President Trump, is asking a federal court to erase the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who led the attack on the Capitol in 2021 to overturn Joe Biden’s election win. It highlights how this move goes beyond Trump’s earlier commutation of their sentences and suggests it’s part of a broader effort to undo accountability for the January 6 insurrection, framing it as a threat to democratic institutions.