The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked a federal judge in Florida to dismiss a $100 million lawsuit filed by several members of the Proud Boys over their federal prosecutions and convictions in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Complex.

After being granted clemency by President Donald Trump , five plaintiffs, led by Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio , alleged the DOJ and FBI committed "violations of their constitutional rights" in a "political prosecution" over their "alleged participation in the planning of" Jan. 6.

In the dismissal bid, the government points to the particulars.

Four of the plaintiffs, it turns out, only received commutations of their sentences – and they are currently appealing from the final judgments in their criminal cases. The long and short

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