A pardoned Capitol riot defendant wants her restitution money back. The Justice Department wants to keep it

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — After the protracted demise of the $1.776 billion fund meant to pay perceived victims of government lawfare, prosecutors say they don’t have to give a now-pardoned January 6, 2021, defendant her restitution money back. It’s all because she never appealed her conviction. Prosecutors have taken a narrow approach to