Supreme Court may undo Capitol riot charges against hundreds, and Trump
EUGENE DELGAUDIO, PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC ADVOCATE SAYS:
"Public Advocate lawyers were the only legal team to file an amicus brief in this case. Back in 2020, these same lawyers were the only legal team to explain in a legal memo to then President Donald Trump, in plain English, how the Constitution empowers the states and only the states to regulate federal elections. The mainstream media and the New York Times attacked them of course. (Links provided to Court Docket and Previous Memo)
Now, today, these same Constitutional lawyers have been part of an historic decision by the Supreme Court to consider the federal obstruction charge being brought against President Donald Trump and 300 others attending the January 6 election fraud rallies or just being on the phone talking to people in the Washington area.
Congratulations to our lawyers Patrick M. McSweeney and William J. Olson for this impactful Amicus Brief. (Public Advocate was not a party to this Brief, but this team has filed 75 Amicus Briefs for Public Advocate.), "says Eugene Delgaudio, President of Public Advocate.
COPY OF AMICUS BRIEF FILED BY LONG TIME PUBLIC ADVOCATE COUNSEL
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a Jan. 6 defendant's appeal of the Department of Justice's novel use of evidence-tampering law to prosecute hundreds of defendants for obstruction of Congress.
The Fischer case is one of three identical petitions for case review by Jan. 6 defendants who were charged with corruptly obstructing an official proceeding, namely a joint session of Congress convened for the counting and certification of Electoral College votes on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear an appeal that could upend hundreds of charges stemming from the Capitol riot, including against former President Donald Trump.
The justices will review a charge of obstruction of an official proceeding that has been brought against more than 300 people. The charge refers to the disruption of Congress' certification of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election victory over Trump.
That's among four counts brought against Trump in special counsel Jack Smith's case that accuses the 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner of conspiring to overturn the results of his election loss. Trump is also charged with conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.
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