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What are your thoughts on the ruling of Fischer v US Government by the SCOTUS today?

Asked by seawulf575 (17359points) June 28th, 2024

The SCOTUS just ruled that the statute used by the J6 committee to charge a large number of J6 protesters, 18 USC 1512, which made many of the charges felonies, was used improperly and it does not apply to the protesters as the law was created to preserve evidence in support of investigations. Since none of the protesters did anything with evidence, it didn’t apply.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riVl2LX_o9Y

The implication is that all persons associated with the J6 protests that were charged under this statute were charged erroneously. This includes former POTUS Trump.

The SCOTUS vote was split, 6–3 with Justices Barrett, Kagan, and Sotomayor dissenting.

On a side note, irony lifted its ugly head. When the J6 committee had to turn over control of the committee to the Repubs in the house, they deleted a whole lot of evidence they had collected. To me, this is a direct violation of the same statute the J6 was trying to use against protesters. Your thoughts?

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