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In a historic move, a Jan. 6 prisoner has taken his challenge of the infamous obstruction charge, levied against him and hundreds of other Jan. 6 prisoners and defendants, all the way to the Supreme Court. On July 7, attorneys for Jan. 6 prisoner Edward Jacob (Jake) Lang filed a document with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) challenging the government’s obstruction of Congress charge—one of the most common felony charges used against Jan. 6 defendants—which carries a 20-year prison sentence. “We filed what’s called a writ of certiorari, or a request to the Supreme Court to hear...

Jack Posobiec hosted Owen Shroyer’s legendary lawyer, Norm Pattis on Human Events Thursday to give the inside scoop on what’s happening to Shroyer behind bars at Oakdale federal prison in Louisiana for his 60-day sentence. Posobiec described Pattis as “one man who has been fighting against that tooth and nail fighting for rights of American citizens, right fighting for rights of journalists fighting for the rights of those who have been wrongfully accused in America.” Pattis revealed that Shroyer was placed back in solitary confinement without any means of communication since Tuesday after being previously held in solitary for a...

The state Monday dropped the breach of peace case against Lucian Wintrich, a White House correspondent for conservative website Gateway Pundit, in connection to a tussle at a speech he was to deliver at UConn last month. He was present at court but did not appear before a judge. His lawyer, Norm Pattis, met with Tolland State’s Attorney Matthew Gedansky. Later, Pattis said the state recognized Wintrich was retrieving notes that were stolen from him when the incident happened “I obviously think its wonderful that finally the system corrected itself,” said Wintrich in brief comments outside of court. “We don’t...