New: Judges in recent weeks have repeatedly rejected legal challenges to one of the most common felonies charged in hundreds of pending Jan. 6 cases. It's a significant string of wins for DOJ as the investigation grinds on into its second year.
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Conspiracy indictments + early wave of misdemeanor pleas got a lot of attention (for good reason), but there are hundreds of felony Jan. 6 cases, and the fate of challenges to the "obstructing an official proceeding" charge has been a looming question mark buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
In a string of rulings since December, judges handling these cases (of varying ideological backgrounds) have all reached the same conclusion, which is that prosecutors can go ahead with the felony obstruction charge in connection with Jan. 6 buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The obstruction count is one way prosecutors have drawn a line between the Jan. 6 defendants that they consider to be more serious/intentional offenders. It's often paired with other felonies, like assaulting cops, but not always
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It's not 100% settled — there are pending challenges to the obstruction count in cases before judges who haven't weighed in yet, but it's significant to see agreement among those who have so far (the issue hasn't reached the DC Circuit yet) buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
With a special guest appearance by .....drumroll..... Enron
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