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Enrique Tarrio and other freed January 6 convicts sue over prosecutions

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Enrique Tarrio, former leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys, walks away from the US Capitol after a news conference on 21 February 2025. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Enrique Tarrio, the former national leader of the far-right Proud Boys group, and four other members convicted of orchestrating the deadly 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack are suing the federal government for allegedly violating their rights.

A lawsuit filed on Friday in federal court in Florida alleges that FBI agents and prosecutors acted with personal malice when they investigated and charged the five, who were all granted pardons or commutations when Donald Trump returned to office in January.

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