Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys and Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers asserted that they wanted President Trump to seek revenge on their behalf for being prosecuted in connection with the Jan. 6 riot.
Stewart Rhodes, whose 18-year sentence on a seditious conspiracy conviction was commuted, accused the people who oversaw his trial of breaking the law.
The order is titled “Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government,” but it asserts that the Biden administration might have acted illegally and directs agencies to seek evidence.
President Trump has accused Justice Department and other Biden administration officials of carrying out an “unprecedented, third-world weaponization of prosecutorial power to upend the democratic process.”
A woman once married to the brother of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee, submitted a sworn statement to the Senate in a late-hour complication to his confirmation. His lawyer denied her account.
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