The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal appeals court to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of leaders from the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, far-right extremist groups whose members stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to prevent the certification of Joe Biden's presidential election victory. Prosecutors filed the motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, seeking to permanently dismiss the indictments against figures including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes. The move goes beyond the clemency already granted by President Trump, who commuted the prison sentences of more than 1,500 January 6 defendants upon returning to office, and would fully erase the criminal records of those convicted of one of the most serious charges brought in connection with the Capitol attack.