You would think they’d be thanking their protector and benefactor for saving their skins . . . but I suppose that would be asking too much from the lowest of the low.

I’m talking about five leaders of the far-right group known as the “Proud Boys” — the gang of thugs who tried to overthrow the U.S. government by storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and were subsequently convicted of seditious conspiracy and similar charges, receiving prison sentences of varying lengths, the longest being 22 years.

Their names are Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola. They were pardoned by Donald Trump on the day of his inauguration — January 20, 2025 — along with approximately 1,500 people involved in the riot that threatened the lives of our nation’s lawmakers and law enforcement officers.

And now they are free to roam the streets once more, potentially plotting other violent and destructive crimes, because Donald Trump said, on the day he signed their pardons:

“These people have been destroyed. What they’ve done to these people is outrageous. There’s rarely been anything like it in the history of our country.” [Nadine Yousif, BBC News, June 6, 2025.]

And in so doing, he gave them — the five named above — the ammunition they needed to file a $100 million lawsuit against the U.S. government, claiming their rights were violated during their prosecution by “FBI agents and prosecutors . . . [allegedly] motivated by personal biases [in order] to punish and oppress political allies [of Trump]. [Id.]

The suit, which names the U.S. Department of Justice as defendant, alleges that the five plaintiffs were subject to “egregious and systemic abuse of the legal system,” and accuses prosecutors of “evidence tampering” and “witness intimidation.” The suit further calls the prosecution “corrupt and politically motivated.” [Id.]

With an entire nation watching in real time, and unmistakable photographic evidence of their criminal actions, their guilt is undeniable. Under the laws of the nation they had been trying to destroy, they were afforded due process, found guilty, and properly sentenced. In the “wild west” days of this country, they most likely would have been hanged on the spot. But now they’re crying “foul” — and suing the government that has just set them free after serving minimal time.

These are the sort of people that Donald Trump sees fit to set loose on society — while rounding up thousands of immigrants who, for the most part, have done nothing wrong.

These are people he does not see as a danger to our civilization, while he deports or bans bright, honest, hard-working foreign students from our finest universities.

These are the people he defends, because they support him. Never mind that they are the dregs of humanity.

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I can’t imagine any honest judge giving credence to their lawsuit. But in a way, I would almost like to see them win their $100 million. Wouldn’t that be the ultimate payback to Trump for his “good deed”?

Or will that be the day they decide to treat the country to a repeat performance?

It’s a world gone mad.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
6/11/25