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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 ...
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former police officer who is seeking to throw out an obstruction charge for joining the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in a ruling that could benefit former ...
The justices ruled 6-3 to throw out a lower court's decision that had allowed a charge of corruptly obstructing an official proceeding - congressional certification of President Joe Biden's 2020 ...
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.
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]
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.
The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against participants of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
The Supreme Court gave two men charged with offenses in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol a chance to argue they can't face an obstruction charge in cases affected by a recent ruling by the ...