The first Proud Boys to seek pardons are bypassing DOJ, which Matt Gaetz was tapped to lead.

A leader of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack intends to seek a pardon from President-elect Trump. Joe Biggs, a Florida Proud Boy and onetime correspondent for the far-right website “InfoWars,

Joseph Biggs, who is serving a 17-year prison term, was the first of dozens of Proud Boys members found guilty in connection with Jan. 6 to formally request clemency.

Gaetz was also under scrutiny by the House Ethics Committee over allegations including sexual misconduct before he resigned from Congress on Wednesday.

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