Some Jan. 6 Defendants Win Early Release Ahead of Key Supreme Court Decision

January 6 protesters

Judges are ordering Jan. 6 defendants who fought against their sentences to be released early pending an appeal as the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next week about the legitimacy of a key charge that many of them were indicted.

The attorneys of three Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot defendants are set to argue before the Supreme Court that the crime of obstructing or impeding an official proceeding is only limited to destroying evidence in governmental probes, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

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Bannon’s Prison Sentence Suspended Pending Appeal

A federal judge has suspended the four-month prison sentence of former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon pending an appeal.

Judge Carl Nichols, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ordered a stay of the sentence for contempt of Congress in a ruling published Tuesday by The Post Millennial. 

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