Jan. 6 defendant jailed over alleged threats against Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, others A Nevada man awaiting trial on charges related to the U.S. Capitol riot has been jailed after allegedly making threats directed atSupreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrettand other public officials....
The news that theSupreme Court ruled Friday in favor of a Jan. 6 defendant’s bidto narrow the scope ofa charge against him and other riotershas been treated in some quarters as a breakthrough for them — and forformer president Donald Trump. But that reaction is misguided. Yes, the cou...
Washington —The Supreme CourtsaidWednesday that it will hear a court fight involving the breadth of a federal obstruction law that has been used to prosecute scores of defendants for their alleged actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, as well as former President Don...
the Supreme Courtnarrowed a federal obstruction law used againstJan. 6 defendants Tuesday’s decisioncame in the case of Cowboys for Trump leader Couy Griffin, who was convicted in 2022 underthe trespass lawthatbars people from knowingly entering or remaining in ...
Trump's case has beenpaused for monthsas he seeks to have all four charges tossed out on the grounds he is entitled to presidential immunity. The Supreme Court willconsider that issuenext week. Separate from Trump, the obstruction dispute could also have repercussions for the Jan. 6 def...
California Supreme Court rules defendant waived right to confront witnessLawyers USA Staff
Jonathan Mitchell, a Texas-based lawyer who argued on behalf of Trump, denied that the events of Jan. 6 constituted an insurrection, as the Colorado Supreme Court concluded. "For an insurrection, there needs to be an organized, concerted effort to overthrow the government of the United States...
And the high court separately has agreed to hear a case over the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding that has been brought against Trump as well as more than 300 of his supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. ...
A 19th Century Supreme Court case, In Re. Griffin, involved a defendant's challenge to a criminal conviction based on the fact that the judge in the case had fought for the Confederacy. Chief Justice Salmon Chase, who was writing for an appeals court, ruled in 1869 that the "insurrection...
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