USA: Five Proud Boys executives who had invaded the Capitol, are seeking $ 100 million compensation by the state

Five executives of the far -right Proud Boys, who had been convicted of the invasion of the Capitol in 2021 but received thanks to US President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit against the US government seeking $ 100m compensation. In their appeal, which they lodged Friday in Florida federal court yesterday, Proud Boys’ members claim that they became a “politically motivated persecution” aimed at punishing Trump’s supporters. According to the plaintiffs, the Biden government and prosecutors responsible for investigating the case “used the US judicial system and the Constitution in an unfair and abusive way to punish and suppress Trump’s political allies”. On January 6, 2021, hundreds of Republican supporters, believing his allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, invaded the Capitol to prevent the ratification of Joe Biden’s victory. More than 140 police officers were injured in the violent incidents that followed and about 1,600 people arrested […]
Source: News Beast

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