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After the U.S. Supreme Court threw out an obstruction charge against a former police officer for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, directly across the street from the court, on Friday morning, other alleged insurrectionists celebrated.
“January 6 was an unprecedented attack on the cornerstone of our system of government — the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Friday, responding to the Supreme Court’s decision. “I am disappointed by today’s decision, which limits an important federal statute that the Department has sought to use to ensure that those most responsible for that attack face appropriate consequences.
William Pope, a Kansas doctoral student and former city council candidate who also faces eight charges related to the riot, including one of obstruction, tweeted Friday that “for almost four years, Biden’s extreme DOJ has falsely accused me of a 20-year felony based on their egregious, unbounded reading of the law.”“Many defendants have served time in prison for this charge,” he added. “Today the Supreme Court rightly reprimanded the government for their tyranny.
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