SCOTUS Deals Major Blow to Biden DOJ: Overturns Charges Against 300+ Jan 6 Defendants
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Posted 2 days ago
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has handed down a significant decision affecting hundreds of January 6 defendants, including former President Donald Trump. In a 6-3 opinion, the court ruled that for the statute to be used in this way, there must be evidence to the fact that "the defendant impaired the availability or integrity for use in an official proceeding of records."
The case before the court was brought by Joseph Fischer, a former police officer who was charged with assaulting police officers and violating a federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2), enacted as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the wake of the Enron scandal. The law makes it a crime to "otherwise obstruct[], influence[], or impede[] any official proceeding."
Fischer was arrested in 2021 and charged with assaulting police officers. Prosecutors say that he urged rioters to "charge" and was part of the mob that pushed the police, but Fischer maintains that he was only inside the Capitol for a few minutes and was pushed into the police line by the crowd.
The court's decision in Fischer's case could affect charges against more than 300 other January 6 defendants. It could also affect the proceedings in the case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump in a federal court in Washington, D.C.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the majority opinion, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett dissented. The court's decision is a huge win for some 300 January 6 defendants who had their lives upended by a partisan, corrupt, and overreaching Biden Justice Department who have treated these people like an unholy mix of the Rosenbergs, Aldrich Ames, and Robert Hanssen.
Law professor Jonathan Turley elaborated further that this decision ripped the wings of Smith's case, adding that there might be a way to keep this indictment together, but it's being held by duct tape. The trespass charges aren't touched, but hundreds of these arguably politically motivated and bogus charges for the defendants must be reviewed.
This decision is a major loss for the Biden Administration. The court ruled that the "novel interpretation would criminalize a broad swath of prosaic conduct, exposing activists and lobbyists alike to decades in prison."
The court's decision in Fischer's case could affect charges against more than 300 other January 6 defendants. It could also affect the proceedings in the case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump in a federal court in Washington, D.C.
This is a developing story, and more information will be provided as it becomes available.
Sources:
townhall.com
thegatewaypundit.com
abcnews.go.com
The case before the court was brought by Joseph Fischer, a former police officer who was charged with assaulting police officers and violating a federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2), enacted as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the wake of the Enron scandal. The law makes it a crime to "otherwise obstruct[], influence[], or impede[] any official proceeding."
Fischer was arrested in 2021 and charged with assaulting police officers. Prosecutors say that he urged rioters to "charge" and was part of the mob that pushed the police, but Fischer maintains that he was only inside the Capitol for a few minutes and was pushed into the police line by the crowd.
The court's decision in Fischer's case could affect charges against more than 300 other January 6 defendants. It could also affect the proceedings in the case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump in a federal court in Washington, D.C.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the majority opinion, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett dissented. The court's decision is a huge win for some 300 January 6 defendants who had their lives upended by a partisan, corrupt, and overreaching Biden Justice Department who have treated these people like an unholy mix of the Rosenbergs, Aldrich Ames, and Robert Hanssen.
Law professor Jonathan Turley elaborated further that this decision ripped the wings of Smith's case, adding that there might be a way to keep this indictment together, but it's being held by duct tape. The trespass charges aren't touched, but hundreds of these arguably politically motivated and bogus charges for the defendants must be reviewed.
This decision is a major loss for the Biden Administration. The court ruled that the "novel interpretation would criminalize a broad swath of prosaic conduct, exposing activists and lobbyists alike to decades in prison."
The court's decision in Fischer's case could affect charges against more than 300 other January 6 defendants. It could also affect the proceedings in the case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump in a federal court in Washington, D.C.
This is a developing story, and more information will be provided as it becomes available.
Sources:
townhall.com
thegatewaypundit.com
abcnews.go.com
