Supreme Court divided in hearing on obstruction charge against Jan. 6 rioter

KFDI— Share on Facebook Share on Twitter On Tuesday, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments on rioters involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which could potentially impact former President Donald Trump in his ongoing

PJ Media—Supreme Court Justices Appear Divided on Obstruction Question for J6 Rioters. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday on the question of whether prosecutors overreached in charging J6 defendants with obstructing the counting of electoral ballots.

MSNBC—After Supreme Court immunity hearing, don't bank on a Trump Jan. 6 trial before the election. 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,...

Houston Public Media—Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters. Conservatives on the court expressed varying degrees of skepticism about the charge of obstructing an official proceeding.