The Justice Department appealed Nichols' ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which ruled against Fischer in a divided decision last year. In thelead opinion, Judge Florence Pan acknowledged that outside of the Jan. 6 cases, there was no precedent for u...
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Jan. 6 defendant’s bid to narrow the scope of a charge against him. But its ruling didn't help the former president.
determining that nothing in the indictment alleged that Fischer "took some action with respect to a document, record, or other object" in order to obstruct the congressional proceedings. Nichols has been the only district court judge out of 15 in D.C. hearing Jan. 6 c...
Trump’s plot culminated in pressuring Vice President Mike Penceto recognize the fraudulent electoral certificates on January 6 and count those electors’ sham votes for Trump. The Supreme Court held that Trump’s interactions with Pence were official acts, but even still those interact...
Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, saying the decision to no longer recognize a constitutional right to abortion was “a setback” that would ultimately cost lives. https://t.co/zUMw9DqUZk — The Associated Press (@AP) June 29, 2022...
CREW has called on Supreme Court Justice Alito to resign, citing his failure to recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election, including the Trump immunity ruling.
The Supreme Court's ruling is a rare courtroom win for Trump in his post-presidency legal woes thatstretch from New York to Florida. And it is the first of several cases before the justices with ramifications for the former president. ...
Within hours of the Supreme Court ruling in the Joseph Fischer case, trial-level judges in the DC District Court started reopening cases against January 6 rioters, indicating they may be re-sentenced. The Justice Department has indicted in several cases that it needs more time to consider the...
Today’s ruling: The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Justice Department overstepped by bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of people who rioted at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, prompting at least some of those cases to be reopened. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion...
The Supreme Court on Friday limited the power of prosecutors to pursue obstruction charges against those who rioted at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, narrowing a law that could have tacked years onto the sentences of hundreds of defendants. The decision had implications for former ...