D.C. Appeals Court Denies Key Jan 6 Defense, Setting Up SCOTUS Showdown– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a defense claim used by a January 6 defendant, setting up a likely Supreme Court appeal that could have major implications on a common charge the Biden Department of Justice has used on more than 2,000 protesters. The Biden DOJ has vowed to lock up more than 2,000 protesters — most of whom are charged with common trespassing misdemeanors — by January 2026. The department has continued to make arrests — generally causing defendants to lose their livelihoods over common trespassing misdemeanors — nearly four years after the minor disturbance while refusing to charge left-wing protesters with the same offenses.
The court decided whether Couy Griffin could argue that he was unaware of “knowingly” breaching a Secret-Service-protected permitter, according to a report from Newsmax. Griffin further argued that the government did not conclusively prove that Griffin was aware of the restrictions at the time of the mass trespassing event.
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