A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the government to refund restitution payments made and fines incurred by a Maryland couple after an appeals court tossed their convictions related to Jan. 6, 2021. 

Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia had previously denied in June Cynthia Ballenger and Christopher Price’s motion to recoup roughly $1,000 in payments. Ballenger and her husband initially sought to regain $570 each in March, after they were among a slew of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Donald Trump.