EXCLUSIVE — Two Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers pardoned by President Donald Trump after being convicted in a fatal 2020 police pursuit have sued the United States, alleging the Justice Department under former President Joe Biden maliciously prosecuted them to satisfy political demands during a period of intense anti-police unrest.

MPD Officer Terence Sutton and former officer Lt. Andrew Zabavsky filed the civil lawsuit Monday in federal court in Washington, seeking damages for malicious prosecution, false arrest, and false imprisonment. The officers contend federal prosecutors pursued a politically motivated case against them following the 2020 death of Karon Hylton-Brown, a 20-year-old moped rider who was fatally struck by a civilian vehicle while fleeing police in Northwest Washington. Their convictions were vacated after Trump issued full pardons and the DOJ moved to dismiss the indictments early last year.