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On November 18, 2022, Garland named Jack Smith as special counsel to investigate the January 6 attack and Trump's handling of government documents. [41] In August 2023, Trump was indicted for his actions on and around January 6. On November 25, 2024, Special Counsel Jack Smith filed to dismiss the charges against Trump, and his motion was approved.
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday tossed out a portion of a Jan. 6 defendant's sentence that could affect more than a hundred other cases related to the 2021 attack on the Capitol ...
On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters attacked the Capitol, disrupting the joint session of Congress assembled to count electoral votes to formalize Biden's victory in the 2020 United States presidential election. [1] By the end of the year, 725 people had been charged with federal crimes.
Additionally, the United States Department of Justice was ordered to dismiss "with prejudice" all pending indictments related to January 6 conduct, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons received explicit orders to implement all Justice Department instructions regarding both the releases and the dismissal of pending cases. [1]
More than 330 Jan. 6 rioters could have their convictions and sentences tossed thanks to a ruling from the Supreme Court on Friday. In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that an “obstruction of an ...
Thursday's hearing, following months of delays in the case, came a week after special counsel Jack Smith filed the new indictment that revised the original Jan. 6 charges to reflect the U.S ...
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 ruling which ruled in favor of defendant Joseph Fischer and found that a section of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act could not be used to bring obstruction charges against the January 6 defendants. [382] Soon after the ruling, more January 6 prosecution cases would be reopened. [383]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The scene in Washington D.C. was very different on January 6, 2025 than it was four years before. Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump’s election win with the ...