DOJ Drops Some J6 Charges, Restructures Plea Deals

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court narrowed down how the DOJ can prosecute obstruction cases, which threw a wrench into the January 6 cases.

When the ruling came down, we stated that this pretty much-eliminated sedition and insurrection charges against many of the defendants that had been charged.

It turns out we were right, as the DOJ has since dismissed some of the charges while repackaging others.

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There were nearly 260 defendants who were facing obstruction charges, with nearly 150 cases having already been litigated to conviction.

This would include several members of the Proud Boys, who were dealt some of the harshest sentences.

MSN reported, “In a court filing Monday, prosecutors said that each defendant has been offered a plea deal that does not include the obstruction charge. Should they decline that deal, prosecutors said, they would move to dismiss the charge and take the men to trial on other alleged crimes.

“If prosecutors elected not to drop the obstruction charge, there would likely be lengthy litigation over whether the obstruction charge could be presented to a jury.”

Of those convicted so far, there are 17 who were convicted on only obstruction charges and currently serving prison time.

There are another 130 that were convicted of obstruction charges as well as other charges, so the ruling by the court will not impact that many cases that were already tried in terms of having prisoners released or sentences downgraded.

The DOJ released a statement that it “will be reviewing individual cases against the standards articulated in Fischer, as well as the anticipated ongoing proceedings related to Fischer in the D.C. Circuit, to determine whether the government will proceed with the charge.”

That ruling may also impact the Trump charges, so we will have to see how all this plays out in the coming days.

Right now, Trump’s cases are pretty much on hold while other issues are litigated, including the classified documents case which was just tossed by Judge Aileen Cannon.

That ruling has been appealed.