The questioned special prosecutor Jack Smith accuses Trump, 77, of four crimes for his Ham attempt to alter election results
Joseph Fischer, a former police officer, is one of hundreds of Trump supporters who are being prosecuted or have already been convicted for demonstrating on January 6 in Washington.
The former agent has demanded that his case and that of hundreds of conservatives who expressed their right to freedom of speech and demonstration be dismissed, which could have a knock-on effect on all cases, including Trump’s.
A federal judge agreed to dismiss the obstruction charge, at Fischer’s request. The lawyer argued that the law is intended to prosecute financial crimes like the Enron case and does not apply to any of the events of January 6.
An appeals court overturned the sentence.
Now the Supreme Court is considering Fischer’s appeal.
Jeffrey Green, Fischer’s attorney, told the justices that “trying to stop a vote recount or something like that is a very different act than actually changing or altering a document,” as the law was used in the Enron case.
The country’s highest judicial authority is expected to issue a ruling in June or early July, about four months before the Nov. 5 presidential election, in which Trump is expected to face Biden again.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the immunity claim, dismissed by two lower courts, on April 25.
Source: AFP
