Judge Drops Proud Boys’ Jan. 6 Case After DOJ Push, Citing Separation of Powers

A federal judge reluctantly approved the DOJ’s motion to drop the Proud Boys’ Jan. 6 seditious-conspiracy case with prejudice, saying he had no authority to override prosecutors who vacated the convictions. The decision ends one of the riot’s most high-profile prosecutions and aligns with Trump-era pardons and DOJ moves to erase related convictions, while Tarrio had been pardoned and others’ convictions were left for appeal or had their sentences commuted; DOJ is also weighing vacating related cases like the Oath Keepers as Amit Mehta weighs those decisions.