from Revolver News:
In case you’re wondering just how weaponized and evil our so-called “justice department” has gotten under the Biden/Harris regime, we’ve got proof of the Marxist transformation of our once highly respected court system, all in the name of punishing political dissent. The latest move involves the regime’s favorite target: J6 political prisoners.
As you know, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the J6 defendants in the recent Fischer case. If you need a refresher, here’s what happened.
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On June 28, in a six-to-three ruling, the Supreme Court found that to prove a violation of Section 1512(c)(2), the government “must establish that the defendant impaired the availability or integrity for use in an official proceeding of records, documents, objects, or other things used in an official proceeding or attempted to do so” in Fischer v. United States.
The Court’s decision reverses that of the D.C. Circuit’s, which had adopted a much broader interpretation of the statute.
At issue in the case was the charge of corruptly obstructing an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2). Joseph Fischer, an alleged Jan. 6 rioter, was indicted on seven charges, including one count of obstruction of an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) in 2021. Fischer later filed a motion to dismiss several of the charges against him, including the count under § 1512(c)(2), arguing that the statute “does not criminalize the obstruction of legislative action by Congress” and that any “alleged obstruction of the certification of the Electoral College vote is simply outside the scope” of the statute.
On March 15, 2022, U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols granted Fischer’s motion to dismiss his obstruction charge. The judge’s ruling essentially found that the government could not charge Fischer with corruptly obstructing an official proceeding under § 1512(c)(2). The government subsequently appealed the decision before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
After the ruling, the DOJ was forced to drop obstruction charges against many J6ers, including Fischer himself. But, sadly, this story doesn’t end there—not with this corrupt, tyrannical regime. Now, the crooked Biden/Harris DOJ is looking to retry J6ers who have already endured the horrific ordeal of a trial, sentencing, and conviction, all because they ruffled some papers.
The three cases in which the U.S. government has sought to sustain obstruction charges involve defendants who allegedly made statements about the Electoral College vote or occupied the U.S. Senate chamber, where some are accused of rifling through papers on senators’ desks.
Prosecutors argued in an Aug. 21 court filing that husband and wife Donald and Shawndale Chilcoat were aware the congressional proceeding involved records, “specifically, the electoral votes that Congress was to consider.” A lawyer for the couple declined to comment.
Prosecutors separately said that another pair, Christopher Carnell and David Bowman, should be retried after having been found guilty of obstruction. They argued they could justify obstruction charges by pointing to the duo’s actions on the Senate floor, where Bowman allegedly photographed a letter signed by Senator Mitt Romney.
Defense lawyers for both argued in a court filing that the defendants did not tamper with the papers, which they maintained were not evidence in the congressional proceeding.
Prosecutors have said in court filings that they are conducting a “case-by-case” analysis of obstruction cases and are considering whether some defendants can still receive what they deem appropriate sentences based on crimes other than obstruction.
Of course, the left couldn’t care less about what the Supreme Court said. They have a tyrannical agenda and will push forward, no matter what the law actually is. Apparently, that’s how you “save democracy.” One of the J6 defense lawyers is rightfully outraged:
Nick Smith, a defense attorney who has been involved in challenging the obstruction charges, said prosecutors’ attempts to move forward misinterpret the Supreme Court’s decision.
“It’s remarkable for the government to be going at this specific charge so persistently when the Supreme Court has told them ‘no,’” Smith said.
The corrupt Biden/Harris DOJ will stop at nothing to persecute non-violent American citizens who dared to dissent on January 6th. Even after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the J6ers, this regime is shamelessly doubling down, seeking to retry those who have already been through the wringer.
But the Biden/Harris regime isn’t just flexing their corrupt judicial muscles in the US. We recently published a piece exposing how politically connected left-wing groups likely played a key role in the arrest of Telegraph CEO Pavel Durov.
