{"id":27161,"date":"2026-08-04T10:17:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27161"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:17:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:17:48","slug":"justice-dept-moves-to-dismiss-jan-6-class-action-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27161","title":{"rendered":"Justice Dept. moves to dismiss Jan. 6 class action lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Justice Department moved Monday to dismiss a class action lawsuit brought by Jan. 6 defendants under the Federal Tort Claims Act, arguing that the claims brought by the rioters are prohibited because they were filed after the statute of limitations had expired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;All the claims in the Complaint are &#8216;forever barred&#8217; due to the failure to timely file the administrative claim with the agency,&#8221; the <a data-ylk=\"slk:Justice Department said in its filing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/73101995\/24\/sullivan-v-united-states\/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Department said in its filing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The plaintiffs complained of injuries they had suffered on <a data-ylk=\"slk:Jan. 6, 2021;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/assault-on-the-us-capitol\/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jan. 6, 2021<\/a>, due to &#8220;excessive police force.&#8221; The Justice Department said that the plaintiffs submitted forms that &#8220;were only partially completed&#8221; and said some lacked signatures and supporting documentation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Also, under the FTCA, plaintiffs have two years to bring a lawsuit, and there are a few additional deadlines that must be met in order to sue the federal government under the FTCA. The Justice Department noted that the plaintiffs alleged &#8220;that they were injured by the police actions that occurred on January 6, 2021.&#8221; Therefore, the department said in its filing, the rioters had until Jan. 6, 2023, to sue the federal government under the Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Justice Department pointed out that the &#8220;earliest claim of the Named Plaintiffs was dated July 29, 2025,&#8221; well beyond two-year period allowed under the FTCA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The department argued that the plaintiffs &#8220;knew that they were injured and knew who injured them, but they instead chose to wait until well past the deadline to file the claims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Sunday evening, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued an order rescinding a $1.8 billion &#8220;anti-weaponization&#8221; fund that was meant to compensate allies of President Trump. The order, however, does not include language that would bar government restitution or payouts to convicted Jan. 6 rioters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A former Justice Department lawyer said Blanche&#8217;s unilateral rescission of the &#8220;anti-weaponization&#8221; fund has no legal effect and doesn&#8217;t prevent the fund from being revived in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department moved Monday to dismiss a class action lawsuit brought by Jan. 6 defendants under the Federal Tort Claims Act, arguing that the claims brought by the rioters are prohibited because they were filed after the statute of limitations had expired. &#8220;All the claims in the Complaint are &#8216;forever barred&#8217; due to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/c5f1fe34a9d7c0b0ff8c6621171af8e74521016b2b5bbfe28864c4af92588b7b\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w1200;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fcbs_news_897%2Fdbcb1ae9bae7cf4a68edb22661c3e80c","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-trending-viral-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}