Five members of the Proud Boys who were convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges in connection with the violent assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, sued the government for $100 million Friday, claiming that federal officials had subjected them to “political persecution” as “allies of President Trump.”

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Orlando, Florida, came nearly six months after President Donald Trump offered an expansive grant of clemency to all of the more than 1,500 people who had taken part in the attack. It was another attempt by rioters to flip the script about Jan. 6 and blame the Justice Department and the FBI for engaging in what the complaint called “a corrupt and politically motivated” prosecution.

In the years since Jan. 6, Trump has repeatedly sou

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