ALAN FEUER

New York Times

It was a shocking double victory for the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when President Trump granted them clemency for their crimes on his first day back in the White House and then, in the months that followed, allowed his Justice Department to purge many of the federal agents and prosecutors who sought to hold them accountable.

But even though the president has given them their freedom and has taken steps toward satisfying their desire for retribution, they are asking for more: In the past several weeks, the rioters and their lawyers have made a concerted effort to push the Trump administration into paying them restitution for what they believe to be their unfair prosecutions.

On Thursday, one of the lawyers, Mark McCloskey, said during a

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