Proud Boys call on Bondi to resign as DOJ seeks to dismiss $100M lawsuit
Members of the Proud Boys are calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to resign in the wake of the U.S. Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss their more than $100 million lawsuit against the federal government. The lawsuit seeks compensation for the alleged “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,” as reported by CBS News.
What else does the lawsuit claim?
The lawsuit also claims that the federal government engaged in “evidence tampering, witness intimidation, violations of attorney-client privilege, and placing spies to report on trial strategy.” The complaint adds that “the government got its fondest wish of imprisoning the J6 Defendants.”
The Proud Boys involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots talked in a social media “X spaces” meeting following the Justice Department’s filing of the motion to dismiss the civil lawsuit filed by Enrique Tarrio, Zachary Rehl, Domenic Pezzola and other members of the far-right group, in which calls for Bondi’s resignation came. All members of the suit were sentenced to prison for their actions in the riots before President Donald Trump pardoned them on his inauguration day in January.
The lawsuit additionally claims that the Proud Boy members’ Fourth Amendment rights were violated and that they were victims of a malicious prosecution.
The Proud Boys argue in the suit that they endured cruel jail conditions and cite Trump’s pardon for Capitol riot defendants, which states, “This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years and is a process of national reconciliation.”
What does the motion to dismiss argue?
In its request to dismiss the civil lawsuit on Aug. 25, the DOJ argued that the Proud Boy members had failed to exhaust all other legal options before they filed the lawsuit and claimed sovereign immunity from accusations against the U.S. The department also argued that the men did not show that the prosecution was “malicious” and that their Fourth Amendment rights were violated. The filing failed to mention whether the department thought a jury fairly convicted the men.
Reaction to motion to dismiss
“Motions to dismiss are a common reaction to a civil complaint, and we anticipated that the attorney the government assigned to the case would make such a motion,” a statement to CBS from the defendants’ attorney reads. “We are confident that the Court will see that the Federal government’s outrageous treatment of my clients justifies allowing the suit to continue.”
Isaac Thomas, a Jan. 6 defendant from Michigan who was pardoned by Trump and participated in the X spaces gathering, said, “Unfortunately, Pam Bondi’s DOJ seems to be advocating for the same things that the Biden regime was advocating for. A long time ago, I joined the call of Trump supporters saying that Pam Bondi needs to step down.”
A lawyer who is working to obtain financial compensation for Jan. 6 defendants, Mark McCoskey, said he is “very disappointed” in the DOJ’s motion and argues it may jeopardize the legal challenges by “hundreds” of pardoned Jan. 6 rioters.
The DOJ has not yet commented on the Proud Boys’ reaction to the motion to dismiss while the department awaits a ruling.
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