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  2. Fischer v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Fischer v. United States, 603 U.S. ___, was a United States Supreme Court case about the proper use of the felony charge of obstructing an official proceeding, established in the Sarbanes–Oxley Act, against participants in the January 6 United States Capitol attack. The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in June of 2024 that the charge only applied ...

  3. Fischer v. United States (2000) - Wikipedia

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    Fischer v United States, 529 U.S. 667 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court case that ruled that the scope of the federal bribery statute 18 U.S.C. § 666(b), which applied to organizations that received "benefits in excess of $10,000 under a Federal program", included funds received through Medicare.

  4. Obstructing an official proceeding - Wikipedia

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    In August 2022, Nichols' rulings on three such defendants was appealed to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as United States v. Fischer. [44] [45] [46] The hearing occurred on December 12, 2022. [47] [48] On April 8, 2023, the court issued its ruling. While it held that obstruction did not have to pertain to a document ...

  5. Supreme Court limits obstruction charge for Jan. 6 rioters ...

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    Fischer v. United States got its start in March 2022 when a district court judge dismissed federal obstruction charges against three Jan. 6 defendants, including Joseph W. Fischer, a former police ...

  6. Justice Department drops some January 6 obstruction charges ...

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    The Supreme Court’s Fischer v. United States ruling in the January 6 obstruction case vindicated claims from some of the rioters’ attorneys that prosecutors had overcharged their clients.

  7. Litman: A Supreme Court ruling may help Jan. 6 rioters. Here ...

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    The Supreme Court's decision in Fischer vs. United States, which came down among a bevy of blockbuster opinions Friday, was much anticipated for its potential impact on the prosecutions of ...

  8. Supreme Court's latest decisions: Justices rule on Jan. 6 ...

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    Case: Fischer v. United States. How the justices ruled and what it means: ... Some background: In 1984, a unanimous 6-0 Supreme Court decision found that in the case of Chevron v.

  9. Guy Reffitt - Wikipedia

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    On August 1, 2022, Reffitt was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison with a $2,000 fine and three years of supervised release. He will have a resentencing hearing as a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in Fischer v. United States.