“While some convicted rioters seem genuinely remorseful, and others appear simply ready to put politics behind them, many others are emboldened by the termination of what they see as unjust prosecutions,” he wrote.
“Freed by the president, they have never been more dangerous,” the ex-prosecutor added.
Ballou, who resigned from the Justice Department on Thursday, then listed two high-profile Jan. 6 defendants, Oath Keepers
founder Stewart Rhodes and former Proud Boys leader
Enrique Tarrio, who were
recently freed from prison, as examples.
“They are now free to pursue revenge, and have already said they want it,” Ballou said.
