The DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned a March 2022 ruling by District Judge Carl Nichols saying that the federal prosecutors can’t charge the MAGA insurrectionists with obstructing Congress’s certification of Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election unless the defendants tampered with official documents or records in the attack, Politico’s Kyle Cheney reports.
The 2-1 decision by the appeals court could have implications for Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s case against Trump and his minions as they could end up being hit with the very same charge as the rioters who physically attacked the Capitol on that disgraceful day.