Five Proud Boys leaders, including Philly resident Zach Rehl, want the government to pay them $100 million

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Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Published June 6, 2025, 3:30 p.m. ET


Zach Rehl, the former leader of the Philadelphia Proud Boys who was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in helping incite the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, has sued the government, saying he and four other Proud Boys leaders who were charged alongside him were illegally prosecuted and had their constitutional rights violated in the process.

In a suit filed Friday in federal court in Florida, Rehl and the other Proud Boys leaders — whose sentences were commuted by President Donald Trump earlier this year — said the cases against them were “corrupt and politically motivated.” They also made several explosive claims about the way federal authorities behaved during their prosecutions, saying the FBI and Justice Department had them arrested without probable cause, tapped and recorded their phone conversations with attorneys, and illegally placed confidential informants among their ranks.

And although none of those who sued received a full pardon from Trump — and their convictions stand — they nonetheless asked for restitution and monetary damages totaling at least $100 million. “[T]he government got its fondest wish of imprisoning the J6 Defendants,” the suit says, “the modern equivalent of placing one’s enemies’ heads on a spike outside the town wall as a warning to any who would think to challenge the status quo.”

The suit could put the Trump administration in the unusual position of having to defend an investigation that Trump has both fiercely criticized and sought to undo. Although the Justice Department under former President Joe Biden secured thousands of convictions for crimes connected to the melee, Trump has repeatedly sought to downplay the chaos of that day — when a right-wing mob stormed the building in an unsuccessful effort to keep him in power — and described those who were prosecuted as patriots and victims of a corrupt system.

Read more: https://www.inquirer.com/politics/proud-boy-lawsuit-illegal-prosecution-20250606.html

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Full headline: Five Proud Boys leaders, including Philly resident Zach Rehl, want the government to pay them $100 million in restitution for Jan. 6 convictions

[Basso8vb]

1. These assholes will be dangling from light poles.

[jls4561]

2. As Pam Bondi spews allegations about Kilmer Abrego Garcia on tv, she is undoubtedly preparing to

pay her fellow USA haters of the tiny penis brigade, just as she paid the family of that psycho-traitor lady.

I no longer believe a word uttered by any member of this alleged government.

[groundloop]

3. They're obviously not making enough money as ICE agents.

[Bengus81]

4. Tell your sob fucking story to a Jury you POS!

[Norrrm]

5. Trump loves having the gov't paying his terrorists. See Ashli Babbit.

Then, he could have it paid through his company, taking his cut.

[Prairie Gates]

6. Trump's going to direct the DOJ to settle for $75 million, followed by a $50 million donation to

some Trump PAC. All the idiots walk away with a $5 million prize while Trump pockets $50 million of your tax dollars.

It's grift and theft all the way down.

[FakeNoose]

7. I hope you're wrong, but I'm afraid you're right

Things are absolutely insane in Chump's world.

[mpcamb]

8. Put 'em back in jail.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Fawke em

[tonekat]

10. $100 Million?

How about a nice hard kick in your collective crotches?

[DrMJG10]

11. Easier Said Than Done!

In truth, a commutation of sentence carries with it an assumption of guilt, they are still guilty. So, unless they can prove they are not guilty. they have a lot to prove before they are able to make the claims they sated in their suit.

[Turbineguy]

12. Well why not?

Their task is to harm the country in any way possible.