Judge tosses obstruction charge against
Jan. 6 defendant
Posted By: Hazymac, 4/6/2022 3:06:25 PM
A federal judge has thrown out an obstruction charge against a defendant charged with breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a ruling that could reverberate across hundreds of cases stemming from the attack on Congress. In a 29-page opinion issued Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols ruled that ambiguities in the federal obstruction law required him to narrow the case against defendant Garret Miller, who is facing multiple felony charges connected to the attack. Under that narrow interpretation, Nichols ruled, defendants can be charged with obstruction only if they directly attempt to affect “a document, record, or other object” in order to hamper
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Biden Was Lost 35 replies
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Biden Was Lost 35 replies
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CNN’s Brian Stelter took the stage at the University of Chicago’s “Disinformation and the Erosion of Democracy” conference Wednesday with a fresh new vibe.
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Will Joe Biden Bring the U.S. Down With Him?
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Was it his overriding craze for power that showed former President Barack Obama for what he really is in the viral video displaying Dems totally ignoring stand-in President Joe Biden on Obama’s so-called “return” to the White House on Tuesday?
Tucker Carlson described it point blank by describing it, ‘Like A Pack Of Wild Dogs, Democrats Have Decided To Kill Off Weak Biden’. “It is his turn to be eliminated.”(Summit News, April 6, 2022)
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No Grooming Allowed
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[I]f discussing sex with little kids behind their parents’ backs is not grooming, what is?
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He is a carpetbagger, but he represents the state
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to the White House to Make It Seem Like
Biden Was Lost 35 replies
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Biden Was Lost 35 replies
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