Billiejeens
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Those of us who are not blind understand exactly what is going on here. Trump is also charged with obstruction of an official proceeding. If the Court's conservatives can find a way to reduce Don's criminal exposure in the Jan. 6 case they will obediently do so.
The overwhelming majority of judges have read the obstruction statute broadly enough to encompass the January 6 defendants. As the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit noted in its opinion saying that Fischer could be charged under this statute, several federal appellate courts “have applied the statute to reach a wide range of obstructive acts.”
Similarly, of the 15 federal trial judges who’d heard January 6 cases, “no fewer than fourteen district judges in this jurisdiction have adopted the broad reading of the statute urged by the government to uphold the prosecution of defendants who allegedly participated in the Capitol riot.” Of these 15 judges, only Judge Carl Nichols, the judge who heard Fischer’s case, disagreed with this consensus view.
The Supreme Court will weigh in on the January 6 insurrection. What could possibly go wrong?
The Court’s decision could potentially undermine over 300 January 6 prosecutions, including Trump’s.www.vox.com
Vox!
Leave your echo chamber Cultist.