David Clements, an attorney for Jan. 6 riot defendant Jacob Lang, demanded that the government seize the assets of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) to be used as "restitution" for those who were charged with participating in the Capitol attack.
At a Monday news conference on the fourth anniversary of Jan. 6, Clements pleaded with President-elect Donald Trump to pardon his client, who remains in prison awaiting trial.
"We want restitution," Clements said. "There's ways to go about getting restitution. Everyone on the unselect committee is actually guilty... When you look at obstruction, real obstruction, when you apply the black letter law, the Liz Cheney's of the world violated that statute."
The attorney called for Cheney's arrest and said that there "should be civil asset forfeiture and assets should be taken, and that should be the money that's used to make you all whole."
Finally, he asked Congress to pass a law making Jan. 6 defendants a protected class like race, sex, and religion.
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