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The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliberate on whether to accept petitions from defendants accused in connection with the Jan. 6 riot, which could potentially impact the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
The defendants are requesting the dismissal of an indictment that charged them with obstructing an official proceeding at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. At that time, Congress was momentarily unable to certify President Joe Biden’s victory due to rioters storming the building. On Friday, the justices will meet for their semi-annual private conference to discuss the possibility of reviewing the oral arguments of defendants Edward Lang, Joseph Fischer, and Garrett Miller.
The defendants have asked the Supreme Court to decide whether the proper statute to use in prosecuting them is Section 1512 (c)(2) of the US Code. In a petition filed on July 11, Lang’s defense attorney contended that the disagreement over this statute could impact “hundreds of cases as the Department of Justice continues to charge folks who participated in a protest…
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