The Supreme Court on Friday handed around 350 Jan. 6 defendants a potentially huge win, while weakening the DOJ’s case against former President Trump in the process.
The court narrowed one specific charge – obstructing an official proceeding – that the DOJ had relied on in more than 300 J6 cases, including Trump’s, Axios reports. This charge has been used almost exclusively to prosecute white-collar crimes like evidence tampering, however the DOJ tried to apply it to J6 defendants, arguing that the riot was an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding – that being the certification of the 2020 election.
The court on Friday said that prosecutors would now need to show that a defendant interfered with documents, records or other material parts of an official proceeding. They also sent the case back to a lower court to reassess Jan. 6 cases in light of the new test.
In Fischer, the Supreme Court narrows the federal obstruction statute to require evidence that the defendant at least attempted to impair the availability, for use in an official proceeding, of “records, documents, objects,” or other “things.” https://t.co/lNsAMeJaYQ pic.twitter.com/I4LC0UIEJp
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 28, 2024
Oddly, Barrett dissented, saying that the majority “does textual backflips to find some way—any way—to narrow the reach” of the obstruction law.
Barrett, in a very sharp dissent, says the majority “does textual backflips to find some way—any way—to narrow the reach” of the obstruction law and “failed to respect the prerogatives of the political branches” to punish the conduct that occurred on J6. https://t.co/lNsAMeJaYQ
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 28, 2024
There are currently more than 1,300 J6 defendants – of which roughly 350 of them having been charged with obstructing an official proceeding. Around 170 people have been convicted ussing that charge.
That said, many of the protesters were convicted on other charges, which will still stand despite the obstruction convictions potentially becoming invalid.
The ruling could also weaken the Biden DOJ’s case against Trump – who faces the same charge that the court narrowed, along with a charge of conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding.
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A coup installed government has no standing.
But they have the power right now, that needs to changed and be dealt with harshly.
Release these Americans now !
The democrat party from leadership to rank and file need to be SHOT IN THE FACE for what they pulled on these political prisoners !
Trump needs to spend time in PRISON to match the longest J6 prisoner locked up.
TELL ME WHERE IM WRONG.
All of Trump’s court picks are weasel traitors. Putting a woman on the court was shameful.
Agree……….taking care of the woman body and learning expert sammy prep is the true purpose of womanhood !
Not all can be blamed on immediately Trump. A disproportionate number of judges, lawyers, are Jewish. We can see the results of Jewish gangsters having taken over Academia, media, even our mainstream concepts of religion. Our country is not our country, but a colony of world wide Judea/Israel. All that said, Trump is under their sway of not in cahoots. Our political and judicial systems are top heavy by intent. So central banking gangsters can install their puppets, their dysfunctional family members, and their fall guys without even trying to hide their intents and purposes.
I don’t believe that there are “J6ers” incarcerated without charges etc. I believe that it’s fake news like all the rest of it. That event was set up and orchestrated in order to get footage and create a narrative .
They used it in order to scare people into staying quiet. I looked into several alleged incarcerated people. Much like so called “mass shooting ” victims , these people have zero online or otherwise footprint other than their perspective regional news stories. Butte to Boston, Richmond to Miami. These people don’t exist. Smith Mundt modernization Act 2012.
You have a point. Nothing mainstream media says is true, and alternative media is still beholden to the tribe by all appearances.
Coney-Barrett is an intellectual lightweight (although a heavyweight compared to Sotomayor).
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LOL! As if the DOJ gives a red rats ass what the SCOTUS thinks, says or rules. The DOJ has proven they are above the law. Unreachable and untouchable to all…save possibly the 82nd Airborne.
Well shiver me timbers some more good news!
SCOTUS Renders Government Agencies Powerless in Courts Across America
Justice Kagan wrote, “Today, the Supreme Court flips the script: It is now the courts (rather than the agency) that will wield power when Congress has left an area of interpretive discretion.”
Jun 28, 2024
June 29, 2024: In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) over-ruled the 1984 case Chevron vs. Natural Resources, which became know as Chevron deference. The Chevron deference requires courts to defer to experts from government agencies, such as the IRS, FBI, CIA, FDA, CDC, HHS, and NIH, to interpret the ‘ambiguities of the laws’ that govern those agencies.
MOUR: https://substack.com/home/post/p-146094326