PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Little Joe on April 13, 2024, 12:47:38 PM
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/13/supreme-court-jan-6-obstruction/
Supreme Court to weigh if Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction
Defense lawyers say prosecutors improperly stretched the law by charging hundreds with obstruction of an official proceeding
In the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, federal prosecutors had to decide what charges to bring against hundreds of participants in the pro-Trump mob that disrupted the certification of a presidential election for the first time in U.S. history.
In more than 350 cases, they included a federal charge that carries a hefty 20-year maximum penalty and is part of a law enacted after the exposure of massive fraud and shredding of documents during the collapse of the energy giant Enron.
As of this month, more than 100 rioters have been convicted and sentenced under that statute for obstructing or impeding an official proceeding — in this case the joint session of Congress that convened on Jan. 6 to formally certify Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about whether prosecutors improperly stretched the law by charging people with that violation in the first place.
The court’s decision could have political implications for this year’s election, since Donald Trump — the likely Republican nominee — has made accusations of prosecutorial overreach a core part of his appeal to voters. The case could also directly impact Trump’s own trial for allegedly trying to remain in power after his 2020 defeat; two of the four charges he faces are based on the obstruction statute, and he could move to have those charges dismissed if the Supreme Court rules for the rioters.
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The fake ass prosecutors and criminal asshole judges should be in prison awaiting their humane executions for treason, along with the fucking fbi and doj assholes that participated in the coup.