(Miami) Five members of an American far right group pardoned by Donald Trump after their conviction for their role in the Capitole assault in Washington claimed $ 100 million in compensation to the Ministry of Justice.
In their civilian complaint, filed on Friday before a federal court in Florida, these members of the Proud Boys claim to have been victims of a “politically motivated persecution” aimed at punishing support from the Republican Donald Trump, who was then at the end of the first term.
Among them is Enrique Tarrio, sentenced to 22 years in prison, the heaviest sentence pronounced for the assault against the Capitol.
On January 6, 2021, hundreds of supporters of Donald Trump, heated white by his baseless accusations of electoral fraud, had stormed this building, sanctuary of American democracy, to try to prevent the certification of the victory of the Democrat Joe Biden.
More than 140 police officers had been injured and some 1,600 people arrested and accused, including more than 1270 convicted.
From the first day of his second mandate, on January 20, Donald Trump had pardoned them or had commanded their sentence during the already purged prison period.
According to the five complainants, the administration of Joe Biden and the prosecution prosecutors used “shamelessly and abusively the American judicial system and the Constitution to punish and oppress the political allies” of Trump.
Last month, the new republican administration decided to pay nearly five million dollars to the family of a woman killed by a police officer during the assault against the Capitol.
The case was to be tried but the Ministry of Justice had reversed after Trump’s victory in the presidential election last year and decided to find an amicable agreement with the family.
