If you, like me, think that the January 6th defendants have often been overcharged for merely entering the Capitol building, then you should be watching this case.
The Supreme Court has just granted cert to an appeal by Joseph Fischer, who was charged with obstructing an official proceeding of Congress and thus faces a severe sentence. The charges are based on a law passed in the early aughts (2002). Those charges are based solely on his trespass and not on any violence or destruction.
SCOTUS just granted certiorari to the US v. Fischer case on the proper interpretation of Section 1512(c)(2).
This is the 20-year penalty felony offense for Obstruction of Congress that the DOJ has been charging J6 defendants (and convicting them of) even without most of the…
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) December 13, 2023
Bloomberg Law’s take on the Court’s consideration of the…
