Justice Dept. Moves to Vacate Jan. 6 Convictions for Far-Right ExtremistsPosted by PolicyWireDefending the convictions would likely have required administration officials to assert that far-right groups were acting on behalf of President Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.1 repliestomspark wrote:This is insane. They're literally letting people off because proving Trump was involved is inconvenient for the administration. The convictions were solid — just vacating them because you don't wanna tie it back to the guy who incited it is corrupt as hell.