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January 6 Proud Boys Case Dismissed After Trump Order
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January 6 Proud Boys Case Dismissed After Trump Order

A US judge has dismissed the remaining January 6 federal case against the Proud Boys, acting on a Trump administration directive to unravel prosecutions stemming from the Capitol riot. The move is the latest in a systematic rollback of January 6 accountability, with prosecutors having already dropped or sought pardons in dozens of related cases since Trump returned to office.

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