The move Tuesday closes the book on the Jan. 6 cases that were wiped out with Republican President Donald Trump's sweeping pardons and commutations last year. FILE - Rioters supporting President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) FILE - Rioters supporting President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. The Department of Justice in April acted to vacate the convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and others in the seditious conspiracy case, who had their sentences commuted but did not receive pardons. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw the Oath Keepers’ trials, criticized the department’s move, writing in his ruling that the government “asks to absolve these Defendants of crimes against the United States itself.”