Jan. 6 rioters make brazen demand for CASH compensation after being emboldened by Trump pardons
By Phillip Nieto
Daily Mail
Sep 1, 2025
Rioters are seeking financial restitution from the federal government by claiming they were unfairly prosecuted
Within hours of taking the Oval Office, Donald Trump fulfilled his promise to pardon and release all January 6th Capitol rioters – but now they want more.
Lawyers for the rioters are lobbying the Trump administration to pay their clients restitution for what they describe as unfair prosecutions.
One of the leading attorneys for the rioters is Mark McCloskey, who gained fame during the 2020 pandemic when he pointed an AR-15-style rifle at protesters outside his home in St. Louis.
McCloskey told his clients during a social media meeting last week that he had met with top officials at the DOJ and presented them with a blueprint to create a committee responsible for handing out financial compensation to the rioters, according to the New York Times.
The special panel would be called a ‘voluntary nonjudicial resolution committee’ and would evaluate each rioter's case on an individual basis.
McCloskey claims he is pushing for US prosecutor Jeanine Pirro to lead the panel. Pirro now leads the DC prosecutors’ office responsible for sending the rioters to prison.
“The only thing I can do as your lawyer…is to turn your losses into dollar bills,’ he reportedly told the rioters during the online session.
If successful, the restitution panel would reshape the image of the Capitol rioters as victims of the federal government.
Mark McCloskey, who gained fame during the 2020 pandemic when he pointed an AR-15-style rifle at protesters outside his home in St. Louis, is one of the attorney's leading the charge for the Justice Department to create the special panel
Trump pardoned all rioters imprisoned or charged for their actions on January 6th, 2021
According to the Times, McCloskey claimed the rioters have allies in the federal government including DOJ attorney Ed Martin, who runs a working group responsible for investigating the ‘weaponization’ of the justice system.
‘He’s 100 percent on our side,’ Mr. McCloskey said.
As the rioters make moves to squeeze money out of the federal government, 2025 has proven to be a successful year for these Trump militant loyalists.
On his first day in office Trump granted complete clemency for over 1,500 individuals charred or convicted of crimes relating to the riot.
Trump’s sweeping pardons included hundreds of individuals found guilty of assaulting police officers.
Moreover, Trump has since purged prosecutors and federal agents from the DOJ who were responsible for imprisoning the rioters.
If McCloskey’s efforts are successful, it would not be the first time the federal government has dished out money for their treatment of Capitol rioters.
McCloskey claims he is in talks with top officials at the DOJ to create the panel
Back in May, The Justice Department reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, a rioter who was shot and killed by a U.S. Capitol Police officer on January 6th.
According to CBS News, Babbitt’s family will receive approximately $5 million as part of their wrongful-death lawsuit.
The U.S. government last week also offered full military funeral honors for Babbitt, who was a former Air Force veteran before her death.
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