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A whole bunch of charges and conviction would go up in the air because of the way one particular judge felt it appropriate to restrict the definition of what a "obstruction of an official proceeding" can mean.
Supreme Court will hear a case that could undo Capitol riot charge against hundreds, including Trump
Supreme Court will hear a case that could undo Capitol riot charge against hundreds, including Trump
I don't know how to look it up, but if I were a betting man (though I'm not) this feels like something a Trump appointed judge would write. Not a competent, impartial and reasonable jugde.U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols found that prosecutors stretched the law beyond its scope to inappropriately apply it in these cases. Nichols ruled that a defendant must have taken “some action with respect to a document, record or other object” to obstruct an official proceeding under the law.