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Trump-appointed judge permanently ends Proud Boys’ Jan 6 case, says Constitution left him no choice
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A Trump-appointed federal judge on Friday reluctantly dismissed the Jan. 6 prosecution of four Proud Boys members, saying the law left him no authority to block the Justice Department’s request.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the case with prejudice against Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola after a federal appeals court had already vacated their convictions.
In a seven-page opinion, Kelly said longstanding separation-of-powers principles leave charging decisions to the executive branch, meaning he could not require the Justice Department to maintain a prosecution it had decided to drop.
In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, rioters, including Dominic Pezzola, in center with police shield, are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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«Because the decisions to issue the Executive Order and to abandon this prosecution — even after the Government secured convictions for serious crimes relating to the attack on the Capitol on January 6 — are solely the Executive’s, no one should mistake the Court’s granting of the Government’s motion for its agreement with those decisions,» Kelly wrote.
Pezzola, who was convicted of assaulting police, robbery and destroying government property, was found guilty of stealing a Capitol Police riot shield before using it to smash a Capitol window, creating what prosecutors said was the first breach point through which hundreds of rioters entered the building. He was acquitted of seditious conspiracy but convicted on multiple other felony counts.
Nordean, Biggs and Rehl were convicted of seditious conspiracy and several other felonies related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, including conspiracy to obstruct Congress’ certification of the 2020 presidential election, obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and destruction of government property.
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The Justice Department first moved in April to vacate the convictions and dismiss the case against the four men, arguing that doing so was «in the interests of justice» in light of President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025, executive order commuting their sentences and issuing full pardons to former Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio and hundreds of other Jan. 6 defendants.
The D.C. Circuit had already erased the men’s convictions before returning the case to Kelly’s courtroom to consider the Justice Department’s request to dismiss the indictment.
«There is little mystery about why the Government is moving to dismiss this case, or whether dismissal is in fact what the Executive seeks,» Kelly wrote. «President Trump’s views about the prosecution of those who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6 — whether those views are based on fact or fiction — are well known, as is his intention to extend clemency to them.»
Kelly cited longstanding precedent holding that charging decisions belong to the executive branch and that judges cannot reject a dismissal simply because they disagree with the government’s reasoning.
Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio rallies in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 17, 2019. Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group were convicted of a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Donald Trump in power after Trump lost the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
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And because the convictions had already been vacated and prosecutors have broad authority to decide whether to pursue criminal charges, Kelly said he lacked the power to force the Justice Department to continue the prosecution.
«Indeed, it is hard to see how any course other than granting the motion in full could make practical sense. Denying the motion would not somehow revive the convictions that the Court of Appeals vacated,» Kelly wrote.
«Nor would denying it mean a retrial would follow, because the Court lacks the authority to compel the Executive to pursue a prosecution, full stop — but especially when an executive order explicitly requires that the Government seek dismissal with prejudice.»
But Kelly sharply rebuked the actions of the Jan. 6 rioters, calling it an attack on the people, Congress and the «Constitution’s mechanism to facilitate the peaceful transfer of power.»
Proud Boys members Zachary Rehl, left, and Ethan Nordean, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington in support of President Donald Trump Jan. 6, 2021. (Proud Boys members)
«Moving forward, if this Nation’s experiment in self-government is to last another 250 years, the American people — no matter their partisan preferences — will have to act together to preserve, protect and defend that miracle through our constitutional framework,» Kelly wrote.
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Tarrio, who was also pardoned for criminal charges stemming from his role in the Jan. 6 riots, celebrated Kelly’s dismissal on X.
«We took the worst they threw at us the raids, the solitary, the lies and we stood tall,» Tarrio wrote. «Trump dropped the pardons and now the rest is crumbling. Justice is SERVED! Proud Boys don’t lose. We WIN. This is OUR victory. THANK YOU PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP and all of you that fought for us!»
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Irish police under fire for refusing to identify reported asylum seeker sought in American mother’s murder
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An international manhunt is in its fifth day after the murder of an American woman in Ireland, but Irish police have yet to name a suspect or provide any description of the man they are seeking — a decision drawing sharp criticism from many, including a former FBI agent and an Irish politician.
Jamey Carney, 43, a New York native who moved to Ireland in 2021, was found dead after suffering head injuries and suffocating in her home in the picturesque town of Killarney, County Kerry, late Monday, according to The Irish Times. The idyllic southwestern town is hugely popular among American tourists.
Before Carney’s body was discovered Tuesday, the man Irish police describe as a «person of interest» had already traveled about 200 miles from Killarney to Dublin Airport and boarded a flight to Turkey, according to Irish police, suggesting authorities knew his identity but chose not to disclose it publicly.
Some Irish publications have reported that the person of interest is an asylum seeker originally from Jordan who came to Ireland in 2024 amid an influx of illegal immigrants descending on the island country.
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American citizen Jamey Carney, left, and members of Ireland’s national police force, An Garda Síochána, patrol Grafton Street in Dublin in a file photo. Irish police have faced criticism for not publicly identifying the person of interest in Carney’s murder. (Jamey Carney/Facebook; Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Ex-FBI Agent weighs in
«How is the public supposed to help with locating the alleged suspect when Irish authorities won’t even release his name?» former FBI Special Agent Nicole Parker wondered in an interview with Fox News Digital. «Time is of the essence. Every hour or day increases the chance the suspect disappears, destroys evidence or hurts others. Public help is critical. Withholding a photo, name or description for days while the suspect is on the run is counterproductive.»
Parker said that if the roles were reversed and a non-U.S. citizen had been murdered in the United States, authorities would typically release identifying information immediately.
«Law enforcement — local, state and federal, including the FBI and U.S. Marshals — would aggressively release identifying information to the public,» she said. «The public’s help is often what leads to locating fugitives.»
Immigration debate
Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported police said they were not in a position to comment on the person’s age, name or nationality for legal reasons, though authorities did not specify any such legal basis.
A 2015 immigration law protecting the identities of asylum seekers may explain why Irish police have not identified the person of interest, Gript.ie reported. According to the outlet, the law generally prohibits publishing the identities of asylum seekers to protect them from those they claim to be fleeing.
Fox News Digital asked Irish police to identify the person of interest and explain the legal basis for withholding his identity, but they declined to provide any new information, saying only that there were «no additional updates at this time.»
Independent Dublin City Councilor Gavin Pepper, a critic of mass immigration into Ireland, slammed the decision not to publicly identify the person of interest. He said the failure to do so is a serious public safety concern.
«That man had a substantial head start,» Pepper told Fox News Digital. «At the end of the day, it shouldn’t matter what color your skin is. If you commit a heinous crime, your face should be all over every newspaper, every TV station. A manhunt is a manhunt.»
Irish police are treating Carney’s death as a murder.
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Pepper said that had authorities publicly released the person’s identity sooner, law enforcement in the country where he landed could potentially have been waiting for him.
Not everyone agreed with emphasizing the man’s reported immigration status.
Ruth Coppinger, a member of the Irish parliament with the Trotskyist political party People Before Profit, criticized media reports identifying the man as an asylum seeker, accusing some outlets of «stoking the flames of racism,» according to Gript.ie. She argued in the Irish parliament that «the common denominator in violence against women is a man, not a nationality.»
The person of interest
Several news outlets – including the New York Post, The Irish Mirror, Irish Independent and Irish Examiner — identified the 28-year-old person of interest by name. Irish police and the Department of Justice declined to confirm his identity to Fox News Digital.
Carney’s body was discovered by her 13-year-old daughter in an upstairs bedroom of their home just before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, The Irish Times reported.
Irish police issued alerts to airports, ports, train stations and bus stations within just over an hour of Carney’s body being discovered, the Irish Independent reported. However, the person of interest had already left Ireland.
The search is becoming increasingly difficult as the hours and days pass.
Irish police are now working with Interpol, Europol and Turkish authorities to try to locate the man after he flew to Istanbul. Detectives fear he may already have left Turkey with local assistance and traveled onward to Syria or his native Jordan, according to reports.
Side-by-side Facebook photos of American citizen Jamey Carney, who was found dead at her home in Killarney, County Kerry. Irish police have launched a murder investigation into her death. (Facebook)
An Irish police source also told Fox News Digital they believe locating the man will be difficult because he had already fled the country. Investigators believe he first arrived in the United Kingdom before traveling to Ireland, according to reports.
The killing comes as Ireland grapples with a rise in violence against women. Gript.ie reported that eight women have died in violent circumstances in the country this year, matching the total for all of 2025. According to the outlet’s analysis, only one of the identified or sought suspects in those cases was an Irish national.
Ireland does not record the ethnicity of those who commit crimes.
A New Yorker who settled in Ireland
Carney was originally from Westchester County, just north of New York City. She moved to Ireland in 2021, according to the Irish Independent.
Her social media profiles described her as a «New Yorker in Ireland» and featured photos and videos of her with her daughter and a man she identified as her partner. In one recent post, she referred to them as a «mixed couple.»
Carney’s social media accounts also showed she supported the Free Palestine movement. Her Facebook bio described her as a «New Yorker in Ireland,» included the phrase «Free Palestine,» and read «Fk Ice,» an apparent reference to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Several posts also showed the couple attending pro-Palestinian rallies together.
The Inch Beach in County Kerry, Ireland, is a popular tourist destination on Ireland’s southwest coast, just a short drive from Killarney. (Michael Dorgan)
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Posts on the social media accounts of the man named in media reports referred to Carney as «my love» and «my heart.»
His accounts also contain posts from the United Kingdom and Turkey in recent years.
Carney’s LinkedIn profile indicated she worked for a healthcare outsourcing company in Ireland after previously working as an insurance agent and real estate salesperson in the New York metropolitan area.
American citizen Jamey Carney, left, was found dead at her home in Killarney, County Kerry. Irish police have launched a murder investigation into her death. (Jamey Carney/Facebook | iStock)
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Carney’s sister, Devon Bennett, described her as «an insanely caring human being» who «dedicated so much of herself, her energy and her time to fighting for the rights of others,» according to the Irish Independent. Bennett said Carney was especially proud of her «brilliant daughter, Michaela.»
«We grew up in New York, but she spent much of her best years with Michaela in Bergen County, New Jersey,» Bennett told the outlet.
«Their true home, where they both felt they truly belonged, was the beautiful town of Killarney.»
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Honduras: Diputado pide destitución de maestra señalada de agredir a estudiante y propone instalar cámaras en escuelas
El presidente de la Comisión de Educación del Congreso Nacional, Arnold Burgos, solicitó este viernes la destitución de la maestra señalada de agredir físicamente a una estudiante en el municipio de Morazán, Yoro, al tiempo que anunció que impulsará iniciativas para instalar cámaras de seguridad en los centros educativos públicos con el objetivo de prevenir hechos similares.
El parlamentario manifestó que la bancada del Partido Nacional expresó su indignación tras la difusión del video en el que se observa a la docente presuntamente agrediendo a una alumna dentro del aula de clases, por lo que consideró que la educadora debe ser separada de su cargo mientras concluyen las investigaciones.
Burgos sostuvo que existen mecanismos disciplinarios establecidos para atender situaciones relacionadas con la conducta de los estudiantes, por lo que rechazó cualquier acto de violencia física o verbal por parte del personal docente.
«Hay medidas disciplinarias diferentes a golpear a un estudiante o faltarle al respeto“, expresó el congresista al referirse al incidente que ha generado diversas reacciones en la opinión pública.
El diputado relató que inicialmente desconocían que la maestra ya había sido requerida por las autoridades; sin embargo, posteriormente confirmaron que fue detenida por agentes de la Dirección Policial de Investigaciones (DPI).
Asimismo, explicó que la docente fue trasladada a las instalaciones del Ministerio Público, donde enfrenta una investigación tras ser considerada sospechosa del presunto delito de trato degradante.
«Desconocíamos que a esa hora la maestra ya había sido detenida por parte de las autoridades de la Dirección Policial de Investigaciones y no solamente detenida, sino que fue detenida y trasladada a las instalaciones del Ministerio Público por suponerla responsable del delito de trato degradante“, declaró.
Según Burgos, ahora corresponde a la Secretaría de Educación determinar las sanciones administrativas que procedan, una vez concluya el proceso de investigación.
El legislador señaló que, de acuerdo con las imágenes difundidas en redes sociales, la docente primero habría agredido verbalmente a una estudiante, posteriormente le propinó un golpe en la cabeza y luego también agredió a la alumna que grababa lo ocurrido con un teléfono celular.
A criterio del presidente de la Comisión de Educación, este tipo de comportamientos no deben repetirse dentro del sistema educativo, por lo que insistió en la necesidad de fortalecer los mecanismos de supervisión y prevención en los centros de enseñanza.
En ese sentido, informó que la Comisión de Educación del Congreso Nacional ha recibido varias iniciativas orientadas a instalar cámaras de videovigilancia en las escuelas y colegios públicos del país, como una herramienta para mejorar la seguridad y documentar cualquier incidente que pueda registrarse dentro de los planteles.
«Nosotros lo que buscamos es prevenir y no después reaccionar; eso es lo que vamos a buscar desde el Congreso Nacional“, afirmó el diputado al referirse a las propuestas que actualmente son analizadas.
Burgos explicó que los proyectos ya fueron remitidos a la Secretaría de Educación y a la Secretaría de Finanzas, instituciones que deberán emitir los dictámenes técnicos y presupuestarios correspondientes antes de que puedan avanzar en el proceso legislativo.
Indicó que la implementación de sistemas de videovigilancia requerirá una inversión económica importante, razón por la cual será necesario establecer un mecanismo de financiamiento que permita ejecutar el proyecto de manera gradual en los diferentes centros educativos del país.
El parlamentario consideró que la instalación de cámaras no solo contribuiría a prevenir agresiones entre docentes y estudiantes, sino también otros hechos que puedan poner en riesgo la integridad de la comunidad educativa, fortaleciendo los mecanismos de transparencia y rendición de cuentas dentro del sistema escolar.
Mientras tanto, las autoridades educativas mantienen abierto el proceso administrativo para establecer las acciones que procedan contra la docente involucrada, en tanto el Ministerio Público continúa con las diligencias investigativas relacionadas con el caso.
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