Two people who were prosecuted for actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach and later pardoned by President Donald Trump are eligible to receive full refunds of restitution payments and fines made in relation to the earlier criminal cases, a federal judge ruled on Dec. 3.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s ruling marked a reversal from one he delivered a few months earlier, when he rejected a bid for refunds.
“Having viewed the question afresh, the Court now agrees with Defendants,” Boasberg said.
As a judge for the District of Columbia, one of the most important circuits in the United States, Boasberg oversaw many cases related to Jan. 6 prosecutions under President Joe Biden….