Now, the Supreme Court will consider whether the prosecutors’ interpretation of the law can be used against the rioters and whether the convictions already secured will stick.
The charge at issue in the Supreme Court case stems from a law Congress enacted in response to a series of corporate accounting scandals, including the 2001 Enron debacle.
The case before the Supreme Court involves only that last charge.
All three defendants appealed to the Supreme Court, but the justices granted only Fischer’s case.
In a filing last week at the Supreme Court in Trump’s immunity case, Smith argued the obstruction charge should stick against Trump even if Fischer wins.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Trump, ”, Claire Finkelstein, ” Trump, Fischer, Stormy Daniels, “, Joe Biden’s, Critics, Joseph Fischer, texted, ” Fischer, Nicholas Smith, Smith, Randall Eliason, Clarence Thomas, Ginni Thomas, Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Eliason, Antonin Scalia, ” Eliason
Organizations:
CNN, Capitol, ” Prosecutors, Trump, Justice Department, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Enron, Prosecutors, Appeals, DC Circuit, George Washington University, White
Locations:
Pennsylvania, New York, ”, Colorado