The U.S. Supreme Court sounded skeptical of the Biden Justice Department during oral arguments Tuesday regarding whether a man involved in events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, can be charged under a law that severely punishes obstructing an official proceeding.
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
The Supreme Court on Thursday heard Trump’s claim that he is entirely immune from prosecution for all of his “official acts” during his time in the White House.
The Supreme Court on Thursday heard Trump’s claim that he is entirely immune from prosecution for all of his “official acts” during his time in the White House.
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
Even before Thursday’s immunity hearing, the Supreme Court had already given Donald Trump a win of sorts. The court had decided to hear the appeal when it didn’t have to and then scheduled the hearing on the very last argument day of the term. So a question heading into the argument was whether there’d be any indication of the justices coalescing around a unanimous theory that might lend itself to a speedy ruling, such that a pre-election trial might be possible. But after the lengthy hearing,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. But it wasn’t clear how the justices would rule in a case that also could affect the prosecution of former President Donald Trump, who faces []
The case could undo felony charges for the former president and hundreds of 6 January rioters.
The Supreme Court cast doubt Tuesday on the legality of obstruction charges lodged against some 300 rioters arrested for breaking into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The court's conservatives questioned whether the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which was aimed at corporate accounting fraud, can be used more broadly to prosecute those who obstruct "any official proceeding," including Congress' 2021 certification of President Biden's election victory. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Neil M....
The Supreme Court is questioning whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Capitol riot.
For those rightly concerned about the timing of Donald Trump's federal Jan. 6 trial, Thursday's oral arguments before the Supreme Court gave plenty of reasons for worry. Moreover, the court’s conservative majority seemed inclined to define presidential immunity from prosecution in a way that could undermine some of the charges in special counsel Jack Smith's indictment. Much of the court’s questioning went well beyond the immediate issue of Trump’s immunity for the criminal acts alleged. The...
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...