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Two of the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters have filed a lawsuit to compel Congress to follow one of its own laws and install a memorial to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. In Thursday's lawsuit, the officers claim the failure to install the memorial plaque on the Capitol reflects an effort by President Donald Trump and his congressional allies to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 riot. More than 100 law enforcement officers were injured in the attack. Hundreds of people were convicted of Capitol riot-related crimes, but Trump erased all of the cases in a sweeping act of clemency.
Trump vows to "HIT" any protester who spits on police. He pardoned those who did far worse on Jan. 6
President Donald Trump is deploying a double standard in warning protesters against his immigration policies that they will get “hit” if they so much as spit on law enforcement. Trump made the threat Monday in a social media post as he called in the Marines on the third day of demonstrations in Los Angeles. Trump pardoned hundreds of people who did far worse than spit on police during the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. His pardons freed those convicted of assaulting officers with flagpoles, hockey sticks and a crutch. They show how the president holds his supporters to different standards than his political foes.
FILE - Supporters of President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Jan. 6, 2021, during a riot at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Five members of the Proud Boys, a far-right militant group, have filed a lawsuit claiming their constitutional rights were violated when they were prosecuted for their participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Orlando federal court by former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordean and Dominic Pezzola. It seeks unspecified compensatory damages plus 6% interest and $100 million plus interest in punitive damages. The lawsuit claims the men were arrested with insufficient probable cause and that government agents later “found” fake incriminating evidence. They also claim they were held for years in pretrial detention, often in solitary confinement.
President Donald Trump says he is pardoning a former Virginia sheriff who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a federal bribery case. A jury convicted former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins, who was accused of deputizing several businessmen in exchanged for cash payments. Jenkins was found guilty on fraud and bribery charges. But on Monday, Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social that Jenkins and his family “have been dragged through HELL by a Corrupt and Weaponized Biden DOJ.” Trump says Jenkins won't go to jail and will live a ”wonderful and productive life." Messages left with Jenkins’ lawyers were not immediately returned. The U.S. attorney’s office involved was closed for the Memorial Day holiday.
A Virginia man has been charged with felony burglary after being pardoned for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot. Zachary Alam had smashed a Speaker's Lobby door panel that rioter Ashli Babbitt had tried to breach. Capitol police then fatally shot Babbitt. Alam was later sentenced to eight years in prison. But he and others linked to events of January 6 were pardoned in January by President Donald Trump. Police in Henrico County say Alam was arrested May 9 for entering a home outside of Richmond and taking several items. A preliminary hearing for the case is scheduled for late June.
FILE - Support of President Donald Trump climb the West Wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)