Consequences of doubts about one of the accused in the January 6 case for Trump
Justices of the US Supreme Court have expressed doubts about the obstruction of justice charge against a Pennsylvania man during the January 2021 attack on the Capitol building. |
according to the report of the International Group Tasnim News, conservative justices of the US Supreme Court on the charge of obstructing the transfer of power against a man from Pennsylvania during the attack on the Capitol building In January 2021, they expressed doubts.
According to this report, this charge has been brought by the Ministry of Justice against a man named Joseph Feicher, but now some conservative judges have expressed doubts about this charge, a case with possible consequences for prosecution. Donald Trump is trying to change the results of the 2020 election.
Accordingly, the justices held a hearing on Feature’s appeal of the lower court ruling. The court that rejected his attempts to escape the charge of interfering with the official transfer of power to Joe Biden. A process in which Congress should have officially confirmed Joe Biden’s victory over Trump, but Trump supporters tried to block it on January 6.
In this hearing, the judges heard about the decision of the federal prosecutors to file charges of interfering with the official transfer of power. They expressed concern against Ficher based on the Sarbanes-Oxley law approved in 2002. In this meeting, the judges questioned Deputy Attorney General Elizabeth Prilugar about the use of this law and how to interpret it against Ficher, and whether this charge necessarily raises a series of other criminal charges against the defendants in the January 6 case.
John Conservative Chief Justice Roberts said the charge could only be used against defendants who had destroyed evidence, an interpretation Ficher asked the court to accept.
Federal prosecutors said Joseph Ficher is accused of On January 6, 2021, he attacked the police guarding the entrance of the Congress building. At that time, Ficher was a member of the Pennsylvania Police who entered the Capitol and attacked the protective shield of a police officer who was trying to disperse the rioters. He was present in the Congress building for 4 minutes before being kicked out by the police.
Jeffrey Green said about this: Trying to stop the counting process or anything like that is very different from legal is that it correctly changes documents.
This While it was announced two days ago the actions of Donald Trump and his supporters after losing the 2020 election against Joe Biden, including Trump’s request To avoid prosecution during the attempt to change the results of the election, it will be reviewed by the US Supreme Court in the next two weeks.
Yesterday’s hearing on the appeal of Joseph Ficher, who during the attack on the Congress building on January 6, 2021 with Joe Biden is facing seven charges, including obstructing the process of confirming Joe Biden’s victory over Trump, and another hearing is scheduled for April 25 regarding Trump’s claims of judicial immunity and immunity from any Legal prosecution should be held in this case.
After the attack on the Capitol, federal investigators filed charges of obstructing the peaceful transition of power against about 350 of the roughly 1,400 people charged in the attack, including Trump and Ficher. brought up Experts believe that the Supreme Court’s decision to acquit Featcher of his charges may complicate the process of this case, but it is not impossible to prove these charges against Trump. If these charges are proven, Trump may be imprisoned for up to 20 years.
While the Supreme Court on March 4 of this year, the decision of the Colorado court to disqualify Trump in order to participate in dismissed the primaries in the state for being involved in an insurgency against the country, but the judges in this court ignored the lower court document that Trump created an atmosphere of political violence in the country before January 6, 2021. and has been involved in a riot.
A Colorado state court ruled on December 19, 2023 that Trump could not participate in the state’s primary ballot for the 2024 election due to his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol building by his supporters.
According to this ruling – which was approved with 4 votes in favor and 3 votes against – according to the provisions of paragraph 3 of the 14th amendment of the US Constitution, the name Trump can’t be on the ballot and he’s “disqualified from holding federal responsibilities,” citing the law.
Supporters of Trump’s disqualification citing They say that he will not be allowed to accept federal positions according to paragraph 3 of the 14th amendment of the US Constitution. In this section of the law, which was approved during the American Civil War, it is stated that those who take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States will not have the right to hold federal office in case of “incitement to riot or rebellion”.
Republican front-runner Donald Trump is currently facing multiple criminal charges: attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election and his supporters’ attack on the Capitol in January 2021, possession of classified documents at his Florida villa after leaving the White House, paying hush money to an immoral movie star, and trying to sway the election results in the state of Georgia. He is also involved in fraud and financial charges. In addition, the former American president is facing a case of paying damages to a writer who accused him of sexual assault.
But Trump doing any wrongdoing in He considers the rejection of these cases and the filing of these accusations only with political motivation and with the aim of removing him from the 2024 election contest.
If Trump is again president The president-elect can apply for a pardon for any federal charges against him.
While in early March, Joe Biden and Donald Trump managed to Democrats and Republicans have won the nominations for the 2024 presidential election in the United States, so that the first confrontation between the two election candidates in the last 70 years will take place in the history of this country.
The US presidential election will be held on November 5, 2024. The results of new polls show that the rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the presidential election in November is tight and tight And Trump leads Biden by about 0.6% in the latest national polls.
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