Peter Ticktin Sues US Government for 12 January 6 Defendants, Alleging Prosecutorial Misconduct
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Updated · CNN · Jul 6
Peter Ticktin Sues US Government for 12 January 6 Defendants, Alleging Prosecutorial Misconduct
1 articles · Updated · CNN · Jul 6
Summary
A lawsuit filed last week by Florida lawyer Peter Ticktin targets the federal government on behalf of 12 January 6 defendants, accusing prosecutors of misconduct after Trump pardoned many Capitol riot participants.
The filing extends Ticktin’s push for compensation and legal relief for January 6 clients after a proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” appeared to stall amid bipartisan political and legal backlash.
That effort also follows a split with former partner Mark McCloskey, who said illness forced him to hand off hundreds of clients before the two fell out over who would keep pursuing the cases.
Ticktin has become a prominent Trump-aligned election denier, pressing unproven claims of foreign voting-machine interference and urging far broader federal intervention in elections despite intelligence and court findings rejecting such allegations.