OAN’s Daniel Baldwin
June 18, 2024
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All eyes will be on the U.S. Supreme Court this Thursday and Friday. The High Court is headed into its final few weeks, and it has not issued decisions on numerous cases heard. Most notably, Americans are awaiting rulings on Fischer v. USA and Trump v. USA.
Fischer v. USA is a case in which Joseph Fischer, a January 6th defendant, claims the Department of Justice has inappropriately applied an obstruction felony charge. Fischer attended the January 6th protest and was charged with seven felony counts, one of which was 18 U.S.C. § 1512c(2). That reads, “Whoever corruptly alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the object’s integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding; or otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes any official…