Already Pardoned by Trump, Jan. 6 Rioters Push for Compensation NYT | Top Stories By: Alan Feuer 1 September 2025 at 02:59 One of the rioters’ lawyers wants to create a panel that would decide on financial damages for what the rioters believe were unfair prosecutions. © Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesThe lawyer Mark McCloskey in 2021. He wants to establish what he calls a “voluntary nonjudicial resolution committee” that would consider rioters’ cases individually, and says he met with top Justice Department officials recently.