The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared divided over whether the federal government had properlycharged hundreds of alleged Jan. 6 rioters with felony obstruction, with several justices voicing concern that prosecutors' broad interpretation of a financial crimes law could b...
Michael Sherwin: After the 6th, we had an inauguration on the 20th. So I wanted to ensure, and our office wanted to ensure that there was shock and awe that we could charge as many people as possible before the 20th. And it worked because we saw through media posts that people were a...
When she was a trial-level judge in Washington, DC, before joining the high court, Jackson had overseen a handful of criminal cases against rioters as the DOJ was making its first batches of arrests after the deadly attack. “Conversely, there is no indication whatsoever that Congress intend...
At the same time, the high court ruled that the charge could be filed against the rioters if prosecutors are able to demonstrate they were attempting not just to push their way into the building but rather to stop the arrival of certificates used to ...
the District of Columbia National Guard was not mobilized until about three hours after the start of the attack. The Capitol was finally cleared of rioters at about 6pm, some four hours after they first entered the building. The vast majority of the attackers were not arrested on-site and si...