The US Supreme Court will hear a case that could affect hundreds of trials related to the 2021 attack on a congressional residence, including a federal indictment against former President Donald Trump. This is reported by UNN, citing Voice of America.
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The case is based on the law is the law on "obstruction of official process" and its application in connection with the events of January 6, 2021, when a crowd of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington, DC.
Over the past two years, more than 300 people, including former President Donald Trump, have been charged with this crime, and at least 108 of them have already been convicted of obstruction of official proceedings.
The case to be heard by the Supreme Court to be heard by the Supreme Court concerns three defendants who participated in the The lower court judge found that their behavior does not fall under the crime of obstruction of official proceedings, and asked the Supreme Court, which has a conservative majority, to rule on the matter. to rule on the matter.
The judges will also will separately consider the expediency of making a quick decision on Trump's Trump's claim that he cannot be held accountable for actions taken while Trump was president. Earlier, a federal judge had previously rejected this argument.
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The storming of the US Congress building took place on the evening of January 6, 2021, during a Senate meeting that was supposed to approve the results of the US presidential election - the victory of Joseph Biden. During the storming, protesters clashed with police in the building.
The subsequent indictment alleged that Donald Trump, influenced by a false claim of election fraud, demanded that Vice President Mike Pence cancel the results, after which he called on his supporters to go to Washington and "fight." This was shortly before supporters of the former president marched to the Capitol on January 6.
Among the four charges brought by prosecutors against former President Trump include obstruction of obstruction of justice, as well as criminal conspiracy to commit this crime.
To recap
The US House of Representatives of Representatives voted to approve an investigation, that examines whether Joe Biden improperly benefited from his son Hunter Biden's foreign business operations of his son Hunter Biden. The White House rejects the investigation, as unfounded by facts and politically motivated.
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