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  • Judge Releases Jan. 6 Protester Citing Supreme Court Ruling

    08/28/2024 7:56:14 PM PDT · by Robwin · 16 replies
    Newsweek ^ | Aug 28, 2024 | Aila Slisco
    A federal judge has ordered the release of a defendant convicted in the January 6 Capitol attack due to a Supreme Court ruling.The Supreme Court ruled in June that federal felony "obstruction of an official proceeding" charges are only valid if the government can prove that a defendant "impaired the availability or integrity" of documents or records rather than merely obstructing an official proceeding.Prosecutors had used the charge against hundreds of January 6 defendants under the assumption that it pertained to obstructing an official proceeding like the January 6, 2021, joint session of Congress, which was stormed by a mob...