Posted on 03/20/2024 9:54:34 AM PDT by Red Badger
(DCNF)—The Department of Justice (DOJ) warned a Jan. 6 defendant Tuesday that his sentence would not be reduced, regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision in a coming case related to a statute he was charged under.
Jan. 6 defendant Anthony Williams asked the court in February to grant him bond pending his appeal in light of the Supreme Court’s decision to take up Fischer v. United States, which challenges the scope of an obstruction statute used to charge him, along with hundreds of other Jan. 6 defendants. The DOJ warned in a court filing Tuesday that in spite of the pending case — and an appeals court ruling finding it wrongly lengthened Jan. 6 sentences by applying an enhancement for interfering with the “administration of justice” — it would increase its sentencing recommendation on the remaining counts to maintain the current sentence length.
“[T]he government respectfully submits that Williams nevertheless cannot show that there is any likelihood that the outcome in Fischer will result in a reduced sentence to a term of imprisonment less than the total of the time already served plus the expected duration of the appeal process,” the DOJ wrote.
The DOJ said that “the government’s sentencing recommendation likely would be different in the absence of a conviction for obstruction of an official proceeding in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) and could include a request for consecutive sentences to account for both the severity of Williams’s conduct on January 6 and for the aspects of his conduct and history that the Court originally found warranted a sixty (60) month sentence.”
The DOJ noted it did not initially recommend consecutive sentences because the range available under William’s obstruction charge “was adequate to satisfy the purposes of sentencing.”
“The calculus on resentencing would necessarily change, and a reversal of the § 1512(c) conviction could increase the aggregate sentence on the remaining counts,” the filing continues.
The Supreme Court agreed to take up the Fischer case in December. The obstruction statute, Section 1512(c)(2), threatens fines or up to 20 years in prison for anyone who “obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding.”
“Hundreds of cases have been and will be affected by the scope of Section 1512(c)(2), including a case against the former President,” Fischer’s petition to the Supreme Court argued. “In addition, the use of Section 1512(c)(2) outside evidence impairment crimes is an extraordinary and unprecedented extension of the statute’s reach.”
America’s KGB
Delighted to see the “Traitor Joe” nickname starting to spread.
Why do we put up with this crap?
That sounds exactly like the DOJ saying it has plenary authority over the Courts. If there was any doubt, that the FBI must be erased from the government, this is that feather that tips the scale over. If anyone has been listening, various govt agencies are now acting as policing agencies, and spying. The US military, and the CIA are edging into places never imagined. Biden IS THE DICTATOR, they tell us Trump is.
There should have been riots in the street after what they did to the Jan6 people. I’ve since come to the conclusion that most “conservatives” are worthless pussies.
I suspect you already know the answer, but if not, I don't think you'll like the reasons.
Evil Communist scum. I figure there is a special place in Hell waiting for them
I know and I am not amused at the reasons we do. All we do is vote in rigged elections and think if only we win that will save us. Ugh
They’ve been saying there’s no J6 prisoners now they say they’ll increase their sentence. They can’t even lie correctly anymore…
Can the J6 sue theDOJ for ignoring the HIGHEST COURT in the land( ALL courts and black robes answer to the SCJs) if it favors them? Look what just happened in Texas… CW2 is getting closer and closer. Our country is so fractured and the black robes are leading the charge for the left side communist bastards! They are the generals heading the antilaw hate the constitution army group and forming their own modern day 🇩🇪 selective prosecution cabal in Black garments! Incoming: American state Concentration camps!
I think Obama is destroying the US through his demented puppet who will say and do whatever he’s told to do. In the the meantime, Obama is shoring up BRICS to go against NATO and the US will be done. So will Israel, if something isn’t done to oust the puppet.
I am not completely clear on this.
Were guilty pleas involved, or were they all convicted?
Our gov’t needs to be ‘put down’ like a rabid dog
Second that. The United States government has become fascist and downright evil. It needs to be destroyed completely.
What goes around comes around......................
Why put up with naked tyranny? We wait for the election. If Trump wins all will be pardoned and the people who put them in jail, fired and gone—if not jailed. But, if Trump is “Taken Out” one way or another. It will be Bonny Blue Flag time and civil war—so at least part of the Nation will be free. That or bring out the fife and drums for Revolution and change. I hope wiser heads prevail and this crisis will pass with compromise and national justice.
It’s not bad enough yet.
And many good men have too much to lose to pick up arms
I disagree.
Most Conservatives consciously choose not to behave like most Democrats.
Second reason - Democrat rioters do not go to jail. Only GOP rioters go to jail.
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