Freed members of the far-right Proud Boys and Oath Keepers have announced plans to sue the Department of Justice over their jailing following the January 6 insurrection. Members of the group held a press conference outside the Capitol Sunday.

This boost for Jan. 6 defendants leads experts to fear political violence will be seen as more acceptable in American life.

Upon resuming office, President Donald Trump immediately pardoned roughly 1,500 people charged with and convicted of crimes for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021. Many, including within his own party, were stunned by the sheer volume of pardons, as they’d expected a more measured approach.

The veteran lawyers who were reassigned include those who prosecuted Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro and leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

The former leader of the far-right Proud Boys was arrested on Friday outside the US Capitol, police said. Enrique Tarrio, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the 6 January 2021 riot at the US Capitol, was arrested not long after holding a news conference on Friday.

Moments later, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio — who was convicted of seditious conspiracy by a jury in Washington, D.C., before he was pardoned by Donald Trump in his first day in office — was arrested after allegedly swatting a phone out of a protesters’s hand.

Proud Boys Founder Enrique Tarrio was arrested again Friday, moments after members of his group and fellow far-right miliia groupMembers of the Proud Boys and

WASHINGTON − Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested Friday for simple assault after striking a protester’s phone and arm, according to Capitol police and was later released.

Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys, was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police on Friday following a press conference with other Proud Boys members and Oath Keepers’ founder

Enrique Tarrio, a former leader of the Proud Boys militant group, was arrested near the US Capitol building for simple assault. | TAG24

Leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers said they're filing lawsuits against the Justice Department over the Jan. 6 prosecutions.

Enrique Tarrio, a Cuban-American who once led the extremist group Proud Boys, was taken into custody near the United States Capitol in Washington,