Instead, the judge ordered Trump to begin describing the basis for his claim that he is immune from the lawsuits.
More than three years after the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the Department of Justice is continuing to pursue those who participated through hundreds of aggressive prosecutions. That includes Donald Trump, whose political future and personal freedom may depend on whether a jury believes he is to blame for the violence. But The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a Jan. 6 case that could upend the prosecution of Donald Trump.
A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday of the government’s broad reading of a statute used to charge hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants, Read More
Because I’ve followed the progress of so many of the January 6 defendants’ trials, I was fully aware of the implications — and the government’s misapplication — of the much-discussed Section 1512(c)(2) felony that has been applied to more than 350 cases. But it wasn’t until I heard the nine members of the U.S. Supreme Court grill Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar that I became genuinely frightened by the overreach of the Justice Department’s never-before-used application of this law. ...
The case could undo felony charges for the former president and hundreds of 6 January rioters.
Supreme Court Takes New Step In Jan. 6 Case, Orders DOJ To Explain Themselves Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Supreme Court on April 23 directed the U.S. Department of Justice to reply to a man convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on April 8, 2024. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times) Justices said the department’s response to Russell Alford is due May 23. Mr. Alford was convicted...
John Sullivan, a convicted rioter in the January 6 Capitol attack, has been sentenced to six years in prison, reported Politico's Kyle Cheney on Friday.U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth cited Sullivan as a "chaos agent" at sentencing, saying that he was acting not out of support for former President Donald Trump, as most of the rioters were, but simply for the sake of causing social disruption and violence.A Utah-based man who describes himself as a "political activist," Sullivan was convicted...
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Critics say the justice should not judge Trump’s election-subversion case, because his wife supported overturning the election, attended Trump’s Jan6 rally.
As this week has brought into sharp relief, Donald Trump’s principal legal problem is that he’s facing 88 criminal counts, including an ongoing criminal trial that got underway in New York City on Monday. It’s one of four pending cases against the former president across three jurisdictions. And while these are clearly the most serious of the Republican’s legal troubles — their outcomes could, at least in theory, lead to prison sentences — the presumptive GOP nominee is simultaneously dealing...
The Supreme Court will determine the fate of a major Jan. 6 Capitol riot-related case. The ruling could affect hundreds of people who were in Read More
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a challenge to the criminal prosecution of a Pennsylvania man, Joseph Fischer, for entering the Capitol on Read More