Proud Boys Sue Government For $100M Over Jan. 6 Prosecutions

You can add the Proud Boys to the growing list of groups unhappy with the United States government. The far-right group has filed a $100 million dollar lawsuit against the administration.

As per Raw Story the organization filed a claim on Friday, June 6 claiming their civil rights had been violated. The submitted is related to the infamous Jan. 6 2021 insurrection that took place at the United States Capital. Four of their leaders Ethan Nordean, Joe Biggs, Enrique Tarrio, and Zachary Rehl were all convicted on seditious conspiracy charges for their participation in trying to block the certification of the 2020 election results. Fast forwarded to 2025, President Trump commuted all their sentences but the Proud Boys’ gripe extends beyond the pardon.

“What follows is a parade of horribles: egregious and systemic abuse of the legal system and the United States Constitution to punish and oppress political allies of President Trump, by any and all means necessary, legal, or illegal,” the lawsuit reads. “Through the use of evidence tampering, witness intimidation, violations of attorney-client privilege, and placing spies to report on trial strategy, the government got its fondest wish of imprisoning the J6 Defendants, the modern equivalent of placing one’s enemies’ heads on a spike outside the town wall as a warning to any who would think to challenge the status quo.” The document goes on to say that now that they are free they can bring “against their tormentors for violations of their Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment Rights.”

Branded as “proud western chauvinists,” the Proud Boys are opposed to “white guilt” and “political correctness.” According to The Anti-Defamation League they embrace anti-immigrant, Islamophobic and anti-LGBTQ+ ideologies. The Justice Department has yet to comment on the lawsuit.